Sale 213 Lot 217

Ethiopian Single-Stringed Spike Fiddle Masenqo The masenqo is a traditional Ethiopian and Eritrean single-stringed spike fiddle recognizable by its distinct, diamond-shaped resonator. The body is typically constructed from four wooden boards glued together and covered with stretched rawhide or goatskin, which serves as a highly resonant soundboard.
$100-150

PROVENANCE: Present lot was acquired by Bennett Schiff (1920-2014), a member of the U.S. Foreign Service who served as press attaché in Nicosia, Cyprus, and Tehran from 1962 until 1967.He moved to Washington, DC, in 1967 to work as a consultant to the Peace Corps, the Office of Economic Opportunity, the Ford Foundation, the Inter-American Foundation, and the Department of Health, Education and Welfare.