Finger Piano

Sanza

AF771

From: Zaire | Kasai District

Curatorial Section: African

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Native Name Sansa
Object Number AF771
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Bambala
Provenience Zaire | Kasai District
Section African
Materials Wood | Brass | Cane (plant)
Technique Incised
Description

Keyboard. Rectangular wooden box with slightly rounded back and with projecting human head at one end. Crude incised designs on top of box which is also ornamented with brass-headed nails. The reed and the strings which held the keys in place are present but the keys are missing.

Height 8.5 cm
Length 45 cm
Width 19.5 cm
Credit Line Purchased from J. F. G. Umlauff, 1912
Other Number 1425 - Field No SF | I-430 - Seder Number

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