Finger Piano

AF211

From: Cameroon | Gabun

Curatorial Section: African

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Native Name Sansa
Object Number AF211
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Cameroon | Gabun
Section African
Materials Wood | Cane (plant)
Description

Six raphia leaf-rib keys on a trough-shaped sounding box with handle and separate lid nailed on. The combination of cane keys, separate lid, trough shape of box, thickness of forward bridge, perforation of lid, and the handle, suggest the origin indicated.

Height 10.5 cm
Length 39.5 cm
Width 20 cm
Credit Line Gift of Mrs. Sarah (William D.) Frishmuth, 1900
Other Number I-441 - Seder Number

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