Harp

30-35-4

From: Sierra Leone

Curatorial Section: African

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Object Number 30-35-4
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Sierra Leone
Culture Area West Africa
Section African
Materials Gourd | Cane (plant) | Fiber
Description

Y-shaped piece of wood set upright in an inverted half gourd. Upper ends of Y joined by a cross bar of wood. 9 strings of plant fibre. Made in Pendenbu by a boy named Flome, from Ballue, Liberia. The chief at Ballu is Balla. So-called Kru harp.

Height 44 cm
Length 15 cm
Width 15 cm
Credit Line Purchased from J. L. Buck, 1930
Other Number C-313 - Seder Number

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