Thumb piano

Museum number:
5-2421
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21050002421
Accession number:
Acc.1529
Description:
Sansa; (plucked idiophone or "thumb piano" 10 iron keys mounted on wooden box; 9 inches l 4.75 inches w.
Donor:
Frank R. Dodge
Collection place:
Uganda
Verbatim coll. place:
East Africa; Uganda
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Sansas (thumb pianos)
Function:
5.4 Secular and Religious Musical Instruments
Accession date:
1962
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Thumb piano, accession number 5-2421, described as Sansa; (plucked idiophone or "thumb piano" 10 iron keys mounted on wooden box; 9 inches l 4.75 inches w.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Thumb piano, accession number 5-2421, described as Sansa; (plucked idiophone or "thumb piano" 10 iron keys mounted on wooden box; 9 inches l 4.75 inches w.

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