Xylophone

Marimba

Malimba

AF185

From: Mozambique | Rhodesia

Curatorial Section: African

Native Name Marimba | Marimba
Object Number AF185
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Tswa
Provenience Mozambique | Rhodesia
Culture Area East Africa
Section African
Materials Wood | Gourd | Fabric
Description

All the keys are thinned at both ends as well as in the middle, except the one at the base end which is thinned in the middle and at one end. Calabash resonators damaged: four missing. Serrations on upper edge of bent wood handle.

Length 84 cm
Width 55 cm
Credit Line Gift of Mrs. Sarah (William D.) Frishmuth, 1900
Other Number I-421 - Seder Number

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