TEST ITEM - A Fine Nyamwesi Zither, Tanzania

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TEST ITEM - A Fine Nyamwesi Zither, Tanzania

A Fine Nyamwezi (?) Zither, Tanzania

the body of the instrument pierced at the back and at each extremities for attachment of cords, the body issuing an elongated neck supporting a diminutive head with square jaw, incised mouth, rounded eyes and ears, the skull decorated with doted circles; very fine dark brown patina.

 

For a related instrument now in the Volkerkunde Museum in Munich, see M. Felix, Tanzania, 1994, p. 135, n. 40a/b

Size: Length: 102 cm.
Weight:
Date:
Condition: good, String missing
Estimate: £2500 – 3500

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