A FINE MANGBETU HARP, the long curved neck with head finial with tall cylindrical incised coiffure, coffee-bean eyes, incised scarification to cheeks, temples and back of head, brass loops in the pierced ears, a brass stud in the nose and spiral brass band about the neck with brass studs at the base, the neck with five pegs, each with spherical finial and scorched spirals, the hide membrane sewn with two further panels the the back of the rounded body, dark glossy patina

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A FINE MANGBETU HARP, the long curved neck with head finial with tall cylindrical incised coiffure, coffee-bean eyes, incised scarification to cheeks, temples and back of head, brass loops in the pierced ears, a brass stud in the nose and spiral brass band about the neck with brass studs at the base, the neck with five pegs, each with spherical finial and scorched spirals, the hide membrane sewn with two further panels the the back of the rounded body, dark glossy patina
79cm. long

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