The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Ngombi (ombi)

Date:: 19th century
Geography:: Gabon
Culture:: Fang?
Medium:: Wood, skin, leather
Dimensions:: L. 62 cm (24-7/16 in.); W. -widest:13.5 cm (5-5/16 in.); D. 13.5 cm (5-5/16 in.)
Classification:: Chordophone-Harp
Credit Line:: The Crosby Brown Collection of Musical Instruments, 1889
Accession Number:: 89.4.544

This artwork is currently on display in Gallery 681

Description

Arched Harp. Unlike the triangular European harp, the arched harp consists of two elements, a soundbox with a curved neck rising from it. Strings made of gut or plant fiber rise diagonally from the soundtable.
See also
Who
Fang people? (2)
What
Leather (5,761)

Musical instruments (5,241)

Chordophones (1,444)

Harps (144)
Where
Africa (33,501)

Gabon (62)
In the Museum
Musical Instruments (5,221)
Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History
Central Africa, 1800–1900 A.D.