id:			110821
accession number:	1929.346
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1929.346
updated:		2025-04-30 18:03:07.659000

Lyre (ndongo, endongo, entongoli, or kissar), by 1928. Wood, reptile skin, pelt, cloth, and natural fiber; diameter: 31.8 cm (12 1/2 in.); overall: 43.2 cm (17 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of the African Art Sponsors of Karamu House, 1929.346

title:				Lyre (ndongo, endongo, entongoli, or kissar)
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creation date:			by 1928
creation date earliest:		1900
creation date latest:		1928
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creditline:			Gift of the African Art Sponsors of Karamu House
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technique:	Wood, reptile skin, pelt, cloth, and natural fiber
department:	African Art
collection:	African Art
type:		Musical Instrument
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measurements: Diameter: 31.8 cm (12 1/2 in.); Overall: 43.2 cm (17 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		African Art
	opening date:   1960-03-01T05:00:00
	<i>African Art</i>. Karamu House, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (March 1-May 30, 1960).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

	Purchased by Paul Travis on behalf of the African Art Sponsors and the Gilpin Players in Ekibondo, Democratic Republic of the Congo (then-Belgian Congo) or in Uganda
	date: 1928
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			* <div><!--block-->Boger, Ann C. et al. <em>Paul B. Travis Africa 1927-1928</em>. Cleveland Museum of Art, 1982. PP. 32, 35, 47 (Congo collecting location)</div><div><!--block--><br></div>
			
			* <div><!--block-->Possible other collection location is Uganda. It appears on a checklist of "African Material" circa 1928 described as part of a group of "2 musical instruments. The hide on the drum part of one is made from the monitor lizard (Varanius nilaticus)" from Uganda. Archives of the Cleveland Museum of Natural History.</div><div><!--block--><br></div>
			
			
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	The African Art Sponsors of Karamu House
	date: 1928
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