Thumb piano

Museum number:
5-9874
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.2542
Description:
Thumb-piano; iron "keys" mounted on square wood basew with pyro-engraved triangular design; 15 x 17.5 cm.
Donor:
Lynne Farmer and University Appropriation
Collection place:
Kalahari Desert, Southern Africa
Verbatim coll. place:
Kalahari Desert; Bushmen
Culture or time period:
San
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Sansas (thumb pianos)
Function:
5.4 Secular and Religious Musical Instruments
Accession date:
1969
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Loans:
S1980-1981 #26: Department of Anthropology (UC Berkeley) (October 14, 1980–October 17, 1980), S1980-1981 #28: Department of Anthropology (UC Berkeley) (October 20, 1980–October 27, 1980), and S1994-1995 #9b: SFO Museum (May 5, 1995–June 12, 1995)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Thumb piano, accession number 5-9874, described as Thumb-piano; iron "keys" mounted on square wood basew with pyro-engraved triangular design; 15 x 17.5 cm.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Thumb piano, accession number 5-9874, described as Thumb-piano; iron "keys" mounted on square wood basew with pyro-engraved triangular design; 15 x 17.5 cm.

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