Accession No

TEMP.01049


Description

Wooden tuning peg from musical instrument. The top end has a notch carved into it and there is a broken length of twisted sinew wrapped around the shaft and threaded through the notch.


Place

?Africa


Period


Source


Department

Anth


Reference Numbers

TEMP.01049


Cultural Affliation


Material

Wood; Sinew


Local Term


Measurements

87mm


Events

Context (Found together / assemblage)
Four tuning pegs were found in box labelled: "Bits of African musical instruments from cupboards in N.[orth] Lecture Room" [Anita Herle's handwriting, circa 1990s]"
Two old labels were also found in the box:
(1) written on fragment of postcard "Guitar. Bought from owner / Casa Blanca. Nov'r 1911 / A.v.H"
(2) fragment of label "Nov. 1884 / [M]usical instrument / [b]anjo, B.E.A - / []sho had [?arms] / Nyasa (W.side) / []udal plantation".
It is unknown whether the labels refer to any of the fragments found in the same box. [Katrina Dring, 25/02/2020]
Event Date 25/2/2020
Author: Katrina Dring


Description (Physical description)
Wooden tuning peg from musical instrument. The top end has a notch carved into it and there is a broken length of twisted sinew wrapped around the shaft and threaded through the notch.
Event Date 28/10/2021
Author: Lily Stancliffe


FM:286699

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