46,47 (previous number (collector's original number))
Accession number:
Acc.2002
Description:
(a) Thumb piano keyboard. 7 iron "keys" attached to a flat, rectangular wooden base by 2 iron "bridges" (b) Resonator; tin can with cloth around edge
Donor:
Richard B. Lee and University Appropriation
Collection place:
Africa
Verbatim coll. place:
Union of S. Africa; N.W. Bechuanaland; !Kangwa area; ! Kung Bushmen
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Sansas (thumb pianos)
Accession date:
1964
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Loans:
S1970-1971 #138B: Music Department (UC Berkeley)/Barbara Gronbeck (June 3, 1971–June 7, 1971), S1974-1975 #4: University Art Museum (UC Berkeley) (July 19, 1974–February 7, 1975), and S1974-1975 #67: Civic Arts Center (Walnut Creek) (February 5, 1975–May 7, 1975)