Acholi Bow Harp
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unknown Ugandan
Primary
Acholi Bow Harp
1965-1999
Carved and woven cane, string, and hide
14 in. x 5 1/4 in. x 11 3/4 in. (35.56 cm x 13.34 cm x 29.85 cm)
Bryn Mawr College
Accession Number:
99.16.15
Acquisition Date:
1999 or earlier
Geography:
Africa, Uganda, Acholi, Buganda, West Nile
Classification:
Tools and Equipment; Musical Instruments & Sound-making Implements
Culture/Nationality:
Acholi, Ugandan, East African, African
Collection:
Kilbride Collection
Keywords
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This object has the following keywords:
- Acholi - The style and culture of a farming and pastoral people of northern Uganda and southern Sudan who speak a Nilotic language of the same name.
- African - Refers to the cultures of the continent of Africa, which is bounded by the Atlantic Ocean, the Indian Ocean, and the Mediterranean Sea.
- East African - Styles and cultures of the eastern area of Africa including Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda, that together with the Horn of Africa (Somalia, Djibouti, Eritrea, and Ethiopia) make up Eastern Africa.
- harp guitars - Large eight-string guitar with a triangular body, invented in London in 1798 by Edward Light.
- harps - Chordophones consisting of a resonator and a neck, between which a series of parallel strings are stretched vertically or diagonally in a plane perpendicular to the resonator.
- musical instruments - Sound-producing apparatuses whose primary function is to play music.
- Ugandan - The style and culture of the central African State, Uganda.
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Exhibition List
This object was included in the following exhibitions:
- Backtalk: Exposures, Erasures, and Elisions of the Bryn Mawr College African Art Collection Bryn Mawr College , Feb 5, 2015 – Jun 1, 2015
- The Philip L. Kilbride Memorial Exhibition Bryn Mawr College , Apr 5, 2013 – Jul 25, 2014
- Exhibition on Kenyan Crafts Bryn Mawr College , 10/1999 - 5/2000
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Owner Name: Gift of Philip Kilbride, Professor of Anthropology
Role: Donor
Place: Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, US
Acquisition Method: Purchased/Collected
Ownership Start Date: Last quarter 20th century
Ownership End Date: 1999
Comparanda List
The following Comparanda exist for this object:
- Minister of Culture and Community Development, Uganda Crafts: Kampala (Kampala, Uganda: Ministry of Culture and Community Development, 1965), 7, 33. Figure Number: M2a-M2f
Related Bibliography List
The following Related Bibliography exist for this object:
- Klaus Wachsmann and Margaret Trowell. Tribal Crafts of Uganda (London, England: Oxford University Press, 1953), 413. Figure Number: 94A
- Minister of Culture and Community Development, Uganda Crafts: Kampala (Kampala, Uganda: Ministry of Culture and Community Development, 1965), 7, 33. Figure Number: M2a-M2f
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