Wooden hand piano

Museum number:
5-1569
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21050001569
Accession number:
Acc.1302
Description:
Children’s Kisanji (marimba) to imitate drum. All wood. 6 by 21 inches. Suku. Kisanji-Marimba is the general central African name. Suku name is Kisanji. This one was collected among Eastern Suku. The low notes it produces are said by children to imitate drums.
Donor:
Igor Kopytoff and University Appropriation
Collection place:
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Verbatim coll. place:
Africa, Suku
Culture or time period:
Suku
Materials:
Wood (plant material)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Drums (membranophones) and Marimbas
Function:
5.4 Secular and Religious Musical Instruments
Accession date:
1960
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Wooden hand piano, accession number 5-1569, described as Children’s Kisanji (marimba) to imitate drum. All wood. 6 by 21 inches. Suku. Kisanji-Marimba is the general central African name. Suku name is Kisanji. This one was collected among Eastern Suku. The low notes it produces are said by children to imitate drums.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Wooden hand piano, accession number 5-1569, described as Children’s Kisanji (marimba) to imitate drum. All wood. 6 by 21 inches. Suku. Kisanji-Marimba is the general central African name. Suku name is Kisanji. This one was collected among Eastern Suku. The low notes it produces are said by children to imitate drums.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Wooden hand piano, accession number 5-1569, described as Children’s Kisanji (marimba) to imitate drum. All wood. 6 by 21 inches. Suku. Kisanji-Marimba is the general central African name. Suku name is Kisanji. This one was collected among Eastern Suku. The low notes it produces are said by children to imitate drums.

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