A kora carries twenty-one strings on a gourd

A twenty-one-string kora with a round hide-covered gourd body in a sunny courtyard

A kora carries twenty-one strings on a gourd

The West African kora is a harp with twenty-one strings. Its round body is a large calabash gourd covered with hide, with a tall wooden neck and two hand grips rising above it.

Twenty-one strings, one round belly, and no wasted space.

Source · The Metropolitan Museum of Art ↗

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A kora carries twenty-one strings on a gourd