Xylophone
2012-31-2A
Location: On Display in the Africa Galleries
From: South Africa
Curatorial Section: African
| Object Number | 2012-31-2A |
| Current Location | Africa Galleries - On Display |
| Culture | Shangana-Tsonga |
| Provenience | South Africa |
| Section | African |
| Materials | Wood | Gourd | Fiber |
| Description | 19 wood bars of graduated length are tied with leather lashing to wood panel frame. Beneathe each bar are round gourd resonators of graduated size. Wood bar and gourd are of complimentary size. Insturment is supported by frame with ten wood leg. Legs and frame at fixed together with lashing. |
| Height | 46.04 cm |
| Length | 141 cm |
| Width | 65.72 cm |
| Credit Line | Gift of Margaret E. Johnston in memory of Dr. Thomas F. Johnston, 2012 |
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