The encyclopædia britannica; a dictionary of arts, sciences, literature and general information . w-formhavinw affinities with both primitive harp and nnfer (a kind of ovalguitar) that support the idea of the invention of the harp fromthe tense string of thewarriors or huntersbow. This primitive-looking instrument,called wanga, hada boat-shaped sound-chest witha parchment or skinsoundboard, down thecentre of which one endof the string was fas-tened to a strip of wood,whilst the other waswound round pegs inthe upper part of thebow. The nanga wasplayed horizontally, being borne upon the performe
The encyclopædia britannica; a dictionary of arts, sciences, literature and general information . w-formhavinw affinities with both primitive harp and nnfer (a kind of ovalguitar) that support the idea of the invention of the harp fromthe tense string of thewarriors or huntersbow. This primitive-looking instrument,called wanga, hada boat-shaped sound-chest witha parchment or skinsoundboard, down thecentre of which one endof the string was fas-tened to a strip of wood,whilst the other waswound round pegs inthe upper part of thebow. The nanga wasplayed horizontally, being borne upon the performers it and the grand vertical harps in the frescos of the time ofRameses III., more than 3000 years old, discovered by the travellerBruce (fig. i), there are varieties that permit us to bind the whole, Poemala, lib. vii. cap. 8, p. 245, Mignes Palrologiae cursuscompklus (Paris, 1857-1866, vol. 88). A few nangas (c. 1500 ) are preserved among the Egyptianantiquities at the British Museum, fourth Ep>ptian room. Bruces harps are reproduced by Champollion, tome iii. p. Fig. r. HARP 13
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