Guitar
AF782
From: Zaire | Belgian Congo | Kasai District
Curatorial Section: African
| Object Number | AF782 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Bushongo | Bangongo |
| Provenience | Zaire | Belgian Congo | Kasai District |
| Culture Area | Central Africa |
| Section | African |
| Materials | Wood | Brass | Cane (plant) |
| Description | Guitar: A typical "West African" from. These instruments formerly has strings of raphia fibre. This example was strung with wire of which only short lengths remailed. |
| Height | 10 cm |
| Length | 69.5 cm |
| Width | 12 cm |
| Credit Line | Purchased from J. F. G. Umlauff, 1912 |
| Other Number | C-38 - Seder Number |
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