Kenya
Kenyan

Wood, leather, fiber string
ca. Mid-20th century
Length: 15.5 inches; Width: 5.5 inches ; Depth: 1.75 inches
Chordophone – Lute

A primitive Kenya Lute (guitar).  Possibly made by the Kamba or Akamba people, a Bantu ethnic group who predominantly live in the area of Kenya stretching from Nairobi to Tsavo and north to Embu, of Kenya 

It features a figurative head with facial scarification at the top with four pegs, each with a fiber string. The base/bottom is completely wrapped in leather and sinew seams. Shows a dark aged patina.