Finger Piano
Sanza
AF771
From: Zaire | Kasai District
Curatorial Section: African
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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