Xylophone
Marimba
Malimba
AF2379
From: Mozambique | Rhodesia
Curatorial Section: African
| Native Name | Marimba | Marimba |
| Object Number | AF2379 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Provenience | Mozambique | Rhodesia |
| Culture Area | East Africa |
| Section | African |
| Materials | Wood | Gourd | Fiber |
| Description | Xylophone. Cf AF186. Six pairs of keys ( on key missing), 12 calabash resonators. Except two at the "bass" end, all keys thinned at both extremities. Board which carries calabashes supported at each end by a "leg" carved in the middle into two openings formed by three slender columns. Upper edge of bend-wood handle serrated. Resonators damaged. |
| Length | 113 cm |
| Width | 54 cm |
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