Ndongo
Category
Musical instruments, devices and recordings
Date
Unknown
Materials
Girreth, Iguana skin
Measurements
510 mm (Length)420 mm (W)110 mm (H)
Collection
Tatton Park, Cheshire
NT 1303924
Summary
A lyre or ndongo from Sango Bay, Uganda. Made from girreth wood and iguanaskin. Played in ensemble with the spike fiddles TAT.TH.F2.33.3. Lord Egerton's number 515D. Part of Lord Egerton's collection of ethnographic objects once displayed in the Tenants' Hall.