Lyre
AF256
From: Kenya | Eastern Horn | Upper Nile | Lake Victoria
Curatorial Section: African
| Object Number | AF256 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Provenience | Kenya | Eastern Horn | Upper Nile | Lake Victoria |
| Culture Area | East Africa |
| Section | African |
| Materials | Wood | Skin | Brass |
| Description | Large round perforation at each side of resonator cover. Five strings, one broken. String of cowries runs between two uprights of string frame; on crosspiece a string of hollow brass beads. |
| Height | 11 cm |
| Length | 74 cm |
| Width | 46 cm |
| Credit Line | Gift of Mrs. Sarah (William D.) Frishmuth, 1900 |
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