A child sat on the ground in a clearing playing a geedal or bow harp.

Name: A child sat on the ground in a clearing playing a geedal or bow harp.
Author: Louis Sarno, 1954-2017

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Field of Interest: Anthropology
Copyright Message: Material sourced from the Louis Sarno Archive, Pitt Rivers Museum, University of Oxford. Copyright © Pitt Rivers Museum, University of Oxford.
Description: A child sat on the ground in a clearing playing a geedal or bow harp. The instrument consists of a sound box, in one end of which is inserted a curved stick that projects outwards and upwards. On this stick are attached seven tuning pegs. A string is strung from each peg and attached to the sound box. In the background the shelters of a settlement are visible. This image is similar to image 1997.21.3.506. Balonyona, a master geedal player, had just been playing the geedal and Mekita loved the sound and picked the instrument up to try and play.
Content Type: Photograph
Anthropologist / Ethnographer: Louis Sarno, 1954-2017
Format: Text
Page Count: 1
Series Number: Photographs
Subject: Anthropology, World Music, Social Sciences, Music & Performing Arts, Cultural anthropology, Africa, República del Congo, República do Congo
Keywords and Translated Subjects: República del Congo, República do Congo