Violin

Description

Violin with small cylindrical body covered with snakeskin and long five-sided wooden arm covered with linear ornament and terminating in a carved human head: Africa, Malawi, Yao People

Museum reference

A.1916.56

Collection

World Culture

Object name

Violin

Production information

Malawi, Eastern Africa

Style / Culture

Yao

Materials

Wood, snake skin

Physical description

Wood and snakeskin

Associations

A. 1916.56 - A. 1916.56 A