Url https://omeka-s.grinnell.edu/s/MusicalInstruments/item/8163 Resource class wmi:MusicalInstrument Title domu Subject 322.112 Contributor Roger Vetter Type Mangbetu Format 8.8 in. greatest length of soundboard 6.6 in. greatest width of soundboard 24 in. length from tip of neck to bottom end of resonator 3.7 in. greatest depth of resonator 18.2 in. vibrating length of longest string 12.2 in. vibrating length of shortest string Identifier 6194 Source Central Africa Language EN Coverage Democratic Republic of the Congo Alternative Title domo donnu kundi nedomu Medium wood ivory membrane - reptile skin string - gut Requires one Spatial Coverage Africa Bibliographic Citation Demolin, Didier. 1990. “Music and Dance in Northeastern Zaire Part 1: The Social organization of Mangbetu Music,” In African Reflections—Art from Northeastern Zaire by Enid Schildkrout and Curtis A. Keim. Seattle: University of Washington Press, and New York: American Museum of Natural History, pp. 195-208. DeVale, Sue Carole. 2014. “Harp, §III: Africa.” GDMI v.2: 557-561. DjeDje, Jacqueline Codell, ed. 1999. Turn Up the Volume! Los Angeles: UCLA Fowler Museum of Cultural History, pp. 297-298. Gourley, K.A., and Ferdinand J. De Hen. 2014. “Kundi.” GDMI v.3: 229. Kubik, Gerhard. 1998. “Central Africa: An Introduction.” In The Garland Encyclopedia of World Music v.1. ed. Ruth M. Stone. New York: Garland Publishing, pp. 650-680. Miller, Thomas Ross. 1990. “Music and Dance in Northeastern Zaire Part 2: Collecting Culture: Musical Instruments and Musical Change,” In African Reflections—Art from Northeastern Zaire by Enid Schildkrout and Curtis A. Keim. Seattle: University of Washington Press, and New York: American Museum of Natural History, pp. 209-215. National Music Museum. “Arched Harp (Donnu) by Mangbetu People Uele River Region, Belgian Congo, ca. 1910-1920.” National Music Museum website, accessed 03/08/2022: http://collections.nmmusd.org/Africa/5893/ArchedHarp5893.html Schildkrout, Enid, and Curtis A. Keim. 1990.  African Reflections—Art from Northeastern Zaire. Seattle: University of Washington Press, and New York: American Museum of Natural History. Tracey, Hugh, and Andrew Tracey. 2000. Forest music Congo: northern Belgian Congo, 1952. Utrecht, The Netherlands: SWP Records; Grahamstown, South Africa: International Library of African Music. Provenance vetter collection String carrier design for chordophone harp - open Resonator design for chordophone bowl with membrane soundboard String courses for chordophone single Vibrational length for chordophone soundboard to tuning peg String tension control for chordophone friction peg Method of sounding for chordophone plucking (direct) Pitches per string course for chordophone one Category of Instrument chordophone --