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Dita, five-string lyre, with sheep or goat gut strings
Dita, five-string lyre, with sheep or goat gut strings
Object Number 2011.36.3
Display Title Dita, five-string lyre, with sheep or goat gut strings
Descriptions
Inventory Description Musical instrument, dita, five-strings, triangular wood stick support, wood bowl covered with skin
Classification
  • Musical
Department Ethnographic
Date 1975 or before
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Ethiopia
Materials Goat hide , Wood , goat gut? , Fiber , sheep gut?
Dimensions Overall: 9 x 83.5 x 36 cm (3 9/16 x 32 7/8 x 14 3/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 2011.36.3
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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