Thumb piano

Museum number:
5-4386
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21050004386
Accession number:
Acc.1375
Description:
Thumb piano; balsa slab; bamboo keys; 33.5 cm l.
Donor:
Daniel J. Crowley and University Appropriation
Collection place:
Kapaya, Katanga province, Democratic Republic of the Congo
Verbatim coll. place:
Africa; Congo; Katanga Prov.; near Dilolo Gare; Kapaya; 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)
Loans:
S1974-1975 #4: University Art Museum (UC Berkeley) (July 19, 1974–February 7, 1975)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Thumb piano, accession number 5-4386, described as Thumb piano; balsa slab; bamboo keys; 33.5 cm l.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Thumb piano, accession number 5-4386, described as Thumb piano; balsa slab; bamboo keys; 33.5 cm l.

Tools