Url
	https://omeka-s.grinnell.edu/s/MusicalInstruments/item/2118
Resource class
	wmi:MusicalInstrument
Title
	kontingo
Subject
	321.331
Contributor
	Gaelyn Hutchinson, Roger Vetter
Type
	Mandinka
Format
	26 in. length
Identifier
	Title: Child Ballads in America, v.1--Hangman; Jean Ritchie, voice and Appalachian dulcimer
Label: Folkways
Format: CD
Catalogue#: F-2301 
Track: 3

Source
	West Africa
Language
	EN
Coverage
	Gambia
Alternative Title
	konting
	ngoni
	koni
	nkoni
	koonting
Medium
	wood
	membrane - mammal skin
	string - synthetic
Requires
	1
Is Part Of
	Jeliya Instruments of Mandinka Hereditary Musicians from The Gambia
	Grinnell College Music Instrument Collection
Spatial Coverage
	Africa
Provenance
	Vetter collection
String carrier design for chordophone
	lute - half-spike
Resonator design for chordophone
	bowl with membrane soundboard
String courses for chordophone
	single
Vibrational length for chordophone
	pressure bridge to tuning ring
String tension control for chordophone
	tuning ring
Method of sounding for chordophone
	plucking (direct)
Pitches per string course for chordophone
	one and multiple (by pressure stopping against fretless fingerboard)
Category of Instrument
	chordophone

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