Thumb piano; a round carved wood body with eight metal thongs plucked to make sounds. Diameter 25 cm; height 8.5 cm
Donor:
LeRoy M. Law
Collection place:
Southwest Nigeria
Verbatim coll. place:
Southwest Nigeria; Ibo
Culture or time period:
Igbo
Materials:
Metal and Wood (plant material)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Carvings (visual works) and Sansas (thumb pianos)
Function:
5.4 Secular and Religious Musical Instruments
Accession date:
1968
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Comment:
Native name and meaning: sansa thumb piano
Loans:
S1974-1975 #4: University Art Museum (UC Berkeley) (July 19, 1974–February 7, 1975), S1974-1975 #67: Civic Arts Center (Walnut Creek) (February 5, 1975–May 7, 1975), S1976-1977 #45: Presidio Army Museum (February 11, 1977–February 25, 1977), and S1979-1980 #57: International House (UC Berkeley) (April 11, 1980–April 14, 1980)