| Object Number | 8759 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Fang |
| Provenience | Gabon |
| Culture Area | Central Africa |
| Section | African |
| Materials | Wood | Skin | Fiber |
| Description | Wood trough-shaped body with carved head at end with arms. Wooden arm with 9 holes for pegs. Body covered with gazelle skin with some hair remaining on. Skin laced together at bottom of body. Strings originally of serial-orchid rootlets (none with instrument). See AF254. Poor condition. Arm loose, skin split, 8 or 9 pegs missing. Strings missing |
| Height | 9 cm |
| Length | 85 cm |
| Width | 12 cm |
| Credit Line | Gift of Rev. Dr. Robert Hamill Nassau, 1891 |
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