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Catalogue of the Stearns Collection of Musical Instruments, 1918
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11191. GINBRI ……………………………………… Soudan, N. E. Africa
2Body formed from a section of gourd with skin drawn over the front.
3From the neck of wood run two strings.
4Length, 42 cm.; of body, 18 cm.; width, 9 cm.; depth, 7 cm.
61192. GUENBRI ……………………………………… Algeria
7Body of the handsomely marked shell of a land tortoise. Belly of parchment decorated with native characters in red. Two gut strings run from pegs in neck over a bridge to a peg at the bottom of the body.
8Length, 44.5 cm.; of body, 17 cm.; width, 12 cm.; depth, 6.5 cm.
101193. GUNIBRI. Frequently called guniberry….. Soudan, N. E. Africa
11An elongated pear-shaped body over the front of which a skin—the forehead of an ox—is drawn. Rudely carved peg-head. A small mirror and a string of wooden beads serve for decoration.
12Length, 65.9 cm.; of body, 35.5 cm.; width, 12.3 cm.; depth, 7.6 cm.
141194. LOKANGA. Two strings. Zese type …………… Madagascar
15Body a straight tube of reed, to which a large gourd resonator is attached. Two fibre strings.
16In playing, the gourd is pressed against the breast. This practice is a common one, for thereby the resonance is increased.
17Length, 58.6 cm. Width, 2.5 cm. Diameter of gourd, 19.4 cm.
18The Swahili call the three strings of the zeze, kifumwali, utembwe, and umondo.2 In Mozambique this instrument is called yatta-yatta.2
19It is known under many an alias in the widely distributed sections in which its note is heard.
211195. JANTAR. Two strings. Resonator in two sections……….. India
22The body ends in a rude violin scroll and peg-box. The strings are tightened by screw-pegs. The resonator consists of two sections of gourd, one superimposed on the other. It exhibits considerable constructive skill.
23Length, 62 cm. Width, 3 cm. Diameter of gourds, 9 and 17 cm.
251196. GUENBRI ……………………………………… North Africa
26The back of a turtle forms the body. Parchment belly. Two gut strings.
27Length, 84 cm.; of body, 18 cm.; width, 16 cm.; depth, 10.2 cm.
292 Sachs, p. 430.
303 Sachs, p. 426.
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