Lyre Item Number: K4.264 from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
Carved rounded oval wooden sound chamber covered with snakeskin and secured by twisted goatskin strings. Triangular wood frame of two sticks flaring outward from the sound chamber with another stick across to connect them and across which, there are four strings are wound around.
Item History
- Made in Tanzania
- Owned by Basil G. Hamilton and Mary E. Crawford
- Owned by B.C. Provincial Museum before February 1954
- Received from B.C. Provincial Museum (Transferring institution) during February 1954
What
- Name
- Lyre
- Identification Number
- K4.264
- Type of Item
- lyre
- Material
- lizard skin ?, wood, goat skin and snake skin ?
- Manufacturing Technique
- carved and twisted
- Overall
- height 59.7 cm, width 44.2 cm, depth 12.0 cm
Who
- Culture
- East African
- Previous Owner
- Basil G. Hamilton, Mary E. Crawford and B.C. Provincial Museum
- Received from
- B.C. Provincial Museum (Transferring institution)
Where
- Holding Institution
- MOA: University of British Columbia
- Made in
- Tanzania
When
- Ownership Date
- before February 1954
- Acquisition Date
- during February 1954
Other
- Condition
- fair
- Accession Number
- 1856/0005