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Paul and Jean Christian Collection, 2006. Rim of soundbox decorated with cowrie shells. Gourd soundbox covered with hide neck formed from stem of gourd. Small soundbox covered with hide into which are cut four round Small, hide-covered soundbox with four round soundholes.
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Arched harp attributed to Cameroon, before 1986. Small, hide-covered soundbox with one round soundholes. Dale Reeves, Brookings, South Dakota, 2009. Pluriarc (multi-neck harp), Botswana, ca. Harp, west Africa/possibly Ivory Coast, ca. Pegs and neck terminate in carving of a female torso with arms surmounted by Given by Johnson to Emil Sellstrom in 1920s. Johnson while on mission in Ubang region of northwestern Belgian Congo. Ivory neck terminates in anthropomorphic face. Wooden soundbox covered with reptile skin. Arched harp attributed to Mangbetu people, Ubang region, Belgian Congo, before 1920. Lit.: Margaret Downie Banks, "Anthropomorphic Harp a Link to Instrument decorated with twisted copper wire. Waisted soundbox with six circular groups of nine small soundholes. Carved effigy head at the top of the curved, wood neck. Waisted, boat-shaped wood body tightly covered with hide. Small waisted soundbox covered by reptile skin. Ivory pegs and neck terminate in carving of a human head with elaborate hair style. Lit.: "Recent Acquisitions," National Music Museum Newsletter 35, No. Probably played by the Edo speaking people of the area, where the tradition dates back to the days of ancient Benin.
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Pluriarc (multi-neck harp), Benin (southwestern Nigeria), early 20th century. Gift of Elias Burr Nyberg, Stow, Massachusetts, 2006.
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Strings attached beneath skin at lower end. Arched harp, KwaZulu-Natal, 20th century. Specific Makers, Builders, Manufacturers, Distributors Browne and Annotated Checklist of Harps Index Africa