Thumb piano keyboard. 7 iron "keys" attached to a flat, rectangular wooden base by 2 iron "bridges
Donor:
Richard B. Lee and University Appropriation
Collection place:
Bechuanaland (historical place)
Verbatim coll. place:
Union of S. Africa; N.W. Bechuanaland; !Kangwa area; ! Kung Bushmen
Culture or time period:
!Kung
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Sansas (thumb pianos)
Function:
5.4 Secular and Religious Musical Instruments
Accession date:
1964
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Dimensions:
overall— length 17.5 centimeters
Loans:
S1967-1968 #130: Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology/Albert B. Elsasser (April 29, 1968–May 1, 1968) and S1970-1971 #138B: Music Department (UC Berkeley)/Barbara Gronbeck (June 3, 1971–June 7, 1971)