Context (Acquisition Details)
Donor: The Very Rev J.Armytage Robinson.D.D. Dean of Westminster [in Annual Report " Armitage" ] presented the collection of his late brother.
Collector: Rev Forbes Robinson, MA Christs College.
Event Date
Author: Eleanor Beestin-Sheriff

Description (Physical description)
A musical instrument with three strings made of a large gourd.
Event Date
Author: maa

Context (Related Documents)
Note on catalogue card in different handwriting reads: "Labelled at a later date 'Nyamwezi' - a tribe from Tanzania. But the instrument closely resembles a type found in Madagascar - cf 51.683".
Event Date
Author: maa

Description (Physical description)
Gourd is cracked with original repairs in several places.
Event Date 1/8/2003
Author: Eleanor Beestin-Sheriff

Description (Physical description)
Stick zither with a gourd resonator. It has a long wooden neck, with protrusions out to the sides at one end, and two forked protrusions at the other end with a feather quill wrapped round. Three strings made from plant fibre run the full length of the neck, tied on at both ends. A resonator made from half a gourd is tied to the neck with a strip of cloth; the gourd is cracked in several places and has original repairs.
Event Date 12/4/2022
Author: Eleanor Beestin-Sheriff

Context (Analysis)
Very similar in appearance to Z 27142.
Event Date 12/4/2022
Author: Eleanor Beestin-Sheriff