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Lute

Zaramo Spike Lute

Tanzania
Zaramo

Calabash, Wood, Strings
ca. Early 20th Century

Length: 31 inches
Chordophone - Lute - Spiked

African spike-lutes have long necks with the strings parallel to the neck. The Zaramo zoomorphic figurative head on top, has glass bead eyes. The gourd is open underneath, with a reptile skin tympanium and five wire strings.

 

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Catalog#: AF-CHLT-9-77