Watch a video to find out.
Stay logged in
Go to Navigation Go to Content Go to Search
Search the collections
Fullscreen
Lyre
Angra Oowena
Embuutu
Shield
Horn
Browse current and upcoming exhibitions and events.
Exhibitions:
Events:
This artwork is currently on display in Gallery 681
Unlike the triangular European harp, the arched harp known as an ennanga consists of two elements: a soundbox and the curved neck that rises from it. Strings made of gut or plant fiber rise diagonally from the sound table. Each string touches a reptile-skin ring beneath its tuning peg, causing a buzzing sound.
Catalogue of the Crosby Brown Collection of Musical Instruments: Historical Groups, Gallery 39. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, 1905, pg. 42.
Close