Hand piano/ instrument

Museum number:
5-4559
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21050004559
Accession number:
Acc.1375
Description:
Thumb piano, iron resonatus attached to rectangular slab of wood; iron rings on wire attached to end of wood slab; 16.4 cms. l. ; 11.8 cms. w.
Donor:
Daniel J. Crowley and University Appropriation
Collection place:
Katende Chipoya, Katanga province, Democratic Republic of the Congo
Verbatim coll. place:
Africa; Congo; Katanga Prov.; Katende Chipoya; Luena
Culture or time period:
Luvale
Collector:
Daniel J. Crowley
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Sansas (thumb pianos)
Function:
5.4 Secular and Religious Musical Instruments
Accession date:
1960
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Hand piano/ instrument, accession number 5-4559, described as Thumb piano, iron resonatus attached to rectangular slab of wood; iron rings on wire attached to end of wood slab; 16.4 cms. l. ; 11.8 cms. w.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Hand piano/ instrument, accession number 5-4559, described as Thumb piano, iron resonatus attached to rectangular slab of wood; iron rings on wire attached to end of wood slab; 16.4 cms. l. ; 11.8 cms. w.

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