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Baganna, 10-string lyre, with sheep or goat gut strings
Baganna, 10-string lyre, with sheep or goat gut strings
Object Number 2011.36.1
Display Title Baganna, 10-string lyre, with sheep or goat gut strings
Descriptions
Inventory Description Musical instrument, baganna, ten-string lyre, triangular wood construction, trapezoid in cross-section body covered with hide
Classification
  • Musical
Department Ethnographic
Date 1975 or before
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Ethiopia
Materials Cowhide , Wood , goat gut? , Fiber cord , sheep gut?
Dimensions Overall: 130 x 52 x 18 cm (51 3/16 x 20 1/2 x 7 1/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 2011.36.1
Credit Line Gift of Kay Kaufman Shelemay and Jack S. Shelemay
Provenance
Collector Kay Kaufman Shelemay (-2011)
Donor Donated by Kay Kaufman Shelemay (-2011)

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