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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