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Musical bow (tshidzholo?)
Possibly Venda people
19th century
Object Place: Transvaal region, Southern Africa
Medium/Technique
Bamboo
Dimensions
Length 67.5 cm (26 9/16 in.)
Credit Line
Leslie Lindsey Mason Collection
Accession Number17.1703
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CollectionsMusical Instruments
ClassificationsMusical instruments – Chordophones
DescriptionBody of bamboo with four nodes, shaped to point at distal end and open along one side except for 95 mm at proximal end. Strung with brass wire (diameter 0.48 mm), tied to notch at distal end and wrapped around lateral tuning peg of wood at proximal end. Remnants of older (?) brass wire (of two diameters, 0.38 mm & 0.78 mm) on tuning peg. In ink on body: Transvaal.
ProvenanceFrancis W. Galpin (1858-1945), Hatfield Regis, England; 1916, sold by Francis W. Galpin to William Lindsey (1858-1922), Boston, Massachusetts; 1916, gift of William Lindsey, in memory of his daughter, Leslie Lindsey Mason, to the MFA. (Accession Date: October 5, 1916)