| Object Number | 31-44-2 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Bini |
| Provenience | Dahomey |
| Section | African |
| Materials | Wood |
| Description | Long oval wooden sounding-box covered with rawhide through which the wooden stem passes twice emerging under a round hole near the lower end of the sounding-box. Three strings (missing) were originally fastened to thong rings near top of stem and to the three prongs at its lower end. Played with a plectrum or a bow (?). Instrument of identical type known from Tibati, Adamaua. Attribution to Dahomey due to Oldman. |
| Height | 3 cm |
| Length | 50.5 cm |
| Width | 2.5 cm |
| Credit Line | Exchange with H. A. Walters, 1931 |
| Other Number | C-347 - Seder Number | 34609 - Dealer's Number |
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