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Lyre3526/2

Seven-stringed lyre with a wooden sound chamber covered in leather skin; skin secured with nails. Triangular wood frame extends from top of sound chamber, made up of two vertical rods inserted through the leather and connected at the top by a third horizontal rod. Third rod has raised decorations on the sides and a cone-shaped protrusion on the left edge. Seven bands of braided plant fibre are tied across the horizontal rod. Oval-shaped hole towards bottom of skin cover; seven strings inserted through it and are wound around horizontal rod, overtop the braided bands. Strings are stretched over a small rectangular soundboard, adhered to centre of leather cover. Two-tiered circular decoration on back centre of sound chamber. All components of lyre are darkened to dark brown; strings are black.

Culture
Luo
Material
wood, plant fibre, fibre, dye, leather skin and metal
Made in
Kenya
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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LyreCa39

Lyre with two arms and crossbar, all incised with a criss-cross design. The arms fit into plastic bowl covered with two pieces of tanned skin and hand sewn with goat gut. Six plastic strings are fastened to six pegs and lashed around the pegs and the crossbar. The strings are fastened across the front of the sound box over a wooden bridge and are all tied to a piece of gut which is sewn onto the sound box and stretched.

Culture
Ethiopian
Material
goat intestine, plastic, goat skin and wood
Made in
Ethiopia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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LyreK4.264

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.

Culture
East African
Material
lizard skin ?, wood, goat skin and snake skin ?
Made in
Tanzania
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Lyre3577/8

Lyre with a wooden sound chamber covered in leather skin; skin secured with wire. Triangular wood frame extends from top of sound chamber, made up of two arms inserted through the leather and connected at the top by a crossbar. The crossbar is rectangular on either end, with notches that the arms are inserted into, and a cylindrical centre where the strings are attached. Three strings are fastened to three wooden pegs and lashed around the crossbar. The strings are fastened across the front of the sound box to a wire loop. All components of lyre are darkened to dark brown with the exception of the strings.

Culture
Ethiopian
Material
intestine ?, wood, fibre and rawhide hide
Made in
Ethiopia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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