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Zither

human history
  • Ingoa Kē

    musical instrument

  • Kupu whakaahua

    Zither, eighteen strings.

    Made from wood and metal. A long rectangular box made from wood with 2 feet at short ends. The zither has 18 metal strings, each with a wooden bridge holding it up on the board. One of the short ends of the zither has a lid on 2 hinges that open away from the zither, inside is metal rods that that strings are attached too. A metal screw with a wooden handle is stored inside.

  • Wāhi
  • Accession Number
    1988.1
  • Rā Tāpiringa
    15 Dec 1987
  • Tohu Tuakiri Kē

    52731 (ethnology)

  • Wāhanga

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