Object name: Gourd string instrument with hair / Object class: Musical instruments / Year collected: [Missing] - Hearst Museum Portal Search Results

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Hearst Museum object titled Gourd string instrument with hair, accession number 5-11816, described as Kukuma, Nigeria, Hausa att. July 27, 1972. 5-11816, acc no. 2879, file code 5.4. Collector: T. Lanagan. Donor: W. H. Lawson. Materials, techniques: Halved gourd is soundbox, covered with skin; wood neck inserted therein, horsehair strings stretched to back Context of use: As musical instrument; played with bow Description: Stringed musical instrument; soundbox is half gourd covered with reptile skin which has 1 hole on top; round stick inserted in gourd is the neck; horsehair string cluster fastened to neck by leather thongs; twig bridge is movable; 53.5 cm. l.; 13.2 cm. w.;