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Musical bow (lesiba)
Probably Sotho people
19th century
Object Place: Lesotho
Medium/Technique
Wood
Dimensions
Length 95.7 cm, width 1.8 cm (Length 37 11/16 in., width 11/16 in.)
Credit Line
Leslie Lindsey Mason Collection
Accession Number17.2180
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsMusical Instruments
ClassificationsMusical instruments – Chordophones
DescriptionIrregularly arched branch of wood, formerly strung with "twisted gut" (now missing), tied to notch at one end and to lateral tuning peg (also now missing) at opposite end. Bound with two wraps of iron wire at tuning peg end. In ink on bow stave: Lesiba / Basutoland
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)