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Arched harp (kundi?)
Unknown people
19th century
Object Place: Democratic Republic of the Congo
Medium/Technique
Wood, animal skin
Dimensions
Length 65 cm, width 9.5 cm (Length 25 9/16 in., width 3 3/4 in.)
Credit Line
Leslie Lindsey Mason Collection
Accession Number17.1783
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CollectionsMusical Instruments
ClassificationsMusical instruments – Chordophones
DescriptionBoat-shaped body of wood wrapped with animal skin, held in place by stitching of sinew (?) along back. Two circular soundholes at opposite corners of sound table. Arched neck of wood. Five strings of gut (later addition) attached to lateral tuning pegs of wood and tied to strip of wood running beneath sound table. Paper label glued to bottom of body: No. 28 / 15
ProvenanceFrancis W. Galpin (1858-1945), Hatfield Regis, England; 1916, sold by Francis W. Galpin to William Lindsey (1858-1922), Boston, Massachusetts; 1916, gift of William Lindsey, in memory of his daughter, Leslie Lindsey Mason, to the MFA. (Accession Date: October 5, 1916)