Langeleik

ALTERNATE NAME(S)

Fretted zither

Date1969

Place MadeVermillion, South Dakota, United States, North America

Modelnone

Serial No.none

SignedStenciled, then cut through the top of sound box: A / L
MarkingsHand-written on small, rectangular piece of adhesive tape: 10
Remains of a small, rectangular piece of adhesive tape visible in pegbox.
Descriptionbody: wooden, box body expands gradually from pegbox to saddle; top and sides meet flush, no bottom; top and sides extend beyond end block at saddle end; stained dark reddish brown
braces: six, wooden interior braces glued (excessively) to top and sides of sound box; one wooden brace opposite saddle-end block
pegbox: integral to sides of sound box, open top and bottom; holes cut into sides for lateral pegs; hand-carved finial attached perpendicularly to sides - projecting considerably above the height of the sound box
tuning pegs: four turned pegs inserted laterally into peg box; two turned pegs with articulated grips inserted laterally into drone side of sound box (ends visible on opposite side of sound box) - strings attached to these pegs pass through the top of sound box; one of the two side tuning pegs has a small plastic lining where the string passes through the top of the sound box
nut/saddle: hand-carved nut and saddle with a small arching protrusion on each end, which extends beyond edge of sound box; grooves in both nut and saddle as a result of string tension
bridge: no extant bridges, however, wear markings on top are consistent with the use of bridges
strings: six wire strings attached at pegs; pass through holes in top, just beyond saddle attached on underside
hitch pins: shortened commercial nails, wire strings tied to them holding them in place
frets: 11 unfinished wooden frets, glued to top of sound box; slightly rounded
sound holes: two sets of five-holed sound holes patterns, one at each end of the sound box
Dimensionslength: 36 in (914.4 mm)
width: 3.25 in (82.6 mm) widening to 5.0625 in (128.6 mm)
height (sound box, not including saddle/nut): 3.125 (79.4 mm) to 3.5 (89 mm)
height (sound box, including nut): 3.6 in (91.4 mm)
height (sound box, including saddle):4 in (101.6 mm)
height (finial): 8.4375 in (214 mm)
ProvenanceArne B. Larson Collection, Vermillion, South Dakota, 1979.

Credit LineArne B. Larson Collection, 1979

Object number04977

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