Our Museum has recently acquired a Sub-Saharan African arched harp decorated
with twisted copper wire.  Can anyone refer us to an authority on the
decorative use of twisted copper wire in Africa?  We are trying to determine
where and when this musical instrument might have been made.  Thank you!

Dr. Margaret Downie Banks, Curator of Musical Instruments
The Shrine to Music Museum & Center for Study of the History of
Musical Instruments
University of South Dakota
414 East Clark Street
Vermillion, SD  57069

Phone: (605) 677-5306
Fax:   (605) 677-5073
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