Finger Piano

Sanza

29-61-33

From: Cameroon

Curatorial Section: African

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Native Name Sansa
Object Number 29-61-33
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Yaunde
Provenience Cameroon
Section African
Materials Wood | Cane (plant)
Description

Cane keys. Each key has or had a lump of rubber stuck on the under side. The resonator is a trough-shaped wooden box. Purchased from native named Nbona (Buck). The name NGOMBI is written in pencil on the resonator, with the name of the object, LIMBA.

Height 11.5 cm
Length 38 cm
Width 17 cm
Credit Line Purchased from J. L. Buck, 1929

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