Detail View: The AMICA Library: Ennanga
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AMICA ID:
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MMA_.89.4.926
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AMICA Library Year:
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2000
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Object Type:
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Decorative Arts and Utilitarian Objects
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Creator Nationality:
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African; Central African; Baganda; Ganda
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Creator Role:
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Maker
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Creator Name-CRT:
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Made by Ganda people
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Title:
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Ennanga
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Title Type:
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Object name
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View:
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Full View
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Creation Date:
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19th century
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Creation Start Date:
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1800
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Creation End Date:
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1899
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Materials and Techniques:
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Wood, vegetal fiber, snake skin, gut, hide
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Classification Term:
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Chordophone/plucked
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Classification Term:
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Arched harp
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Dimensions:
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L. 30 in. (76 cm); W. 8 1/4 in. (21 cm)
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AMICA Contributor:
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The Metropolitan Museum of Art
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Owner Location:
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New York, New York, USA
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ID Number:
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89.4.926
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Credit Line:
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The Crosby Brown Collection of Musical Instruments, 1889
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Rights:
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Context:
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Unlike the triangular European harp, the arched harp known as an ennanga consists of two elements: a soundbox and the curved neck that rises from it. Strings made of gut or plant fiber rise diagonally from the sound table. Each string touches a reptile-skin ring beneath its tuning peg, causing a buzzing sound. |
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Related Image Identifier Link:
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MMA_.mi89.4.926.R.tif
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