Native Name | Kasso |
Object Number | 2014-13-62 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Provenience | Senegal | Dakar |
Section | African |
Materials | Gourd | Skin | Rawhide | Wood |
Description | Kasso. Harp with notched bridge. Large gourd body covered by skin membrane, held by large round-headed nails. Gourd is splitted by a straight stick which bears coils of braided rawhide to which the twisted rawhide strings are attached. Notched bridge missing. |
Height | 27 cm |
Length | 122 cm |
Width | 48.2 cm |
Credit Line | Gift of the Franklin Institute, 2014 |
Other Number | L-222-62 - Old Loan Number | C-257 - Seder Number |
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