Opuk agoya (arched harp or bow harp).

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Alternative Title

Opuk agoya.

Instrument

Arched harp

Instrument Family

Strings

Date Made

Pre 1965

Description

Technical description: Body made from tortoise-shell carapace; sound-table of cowhide laced with V-lacing to small patch of cowhide on underside; two sound-holes in sound-table; 5 strings of twisted nylon; peg tuning; pentatonically tuned.

Other Information

General usage of type: Played by men, used domestically solo, or in ensemble of three for song accompaniment. Specific usage history: Acquired from a maker at Gulu in 1965, but probably made earlier.

Notes

P.R. Cooke, 1995.

Measurements

570

Provenance

on loan to the Collection.

Collection

MIMEd

Accession Number

2029

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