Harp, late 19th century
Nzakaraexpand_more
Wood, animal skinexpand_more
Gift of Marc Felix in honor of Robert Ulrichexpand_more 2014.46.3
Not on Viewexpand_more
It may resemble a guitar and sound like a lute. But with five strings running perpendicular to its sound box, rather than strung across it, this is a harp—a bow harp, in fact, owing to its shape. A century ago, among the Nzakara people in Central Africa, court poets praised—and sometimes critiqued—the deeds of past and present kings to the accompaniment of a bow harp.
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- 2014.46.3
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