Thumb piano

Museum number:
5-6745
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21050006745
Accession number:
Acc.2307
Description:
Finger piano; rectangular wooden box; burned designs on top; hole in bottom and in one end; pebbles inside box; 11 metal keys; l. 27.5 cm; w. 13 cm.
Donor:
Mary Jean Aerni and University Appropriation
Collection place:
Uganda
Verbatim coll. place:
Africa; Uganda; Kiga (M:45:2)
Culture or time period:
Kiga
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Sansas (thumb pianos)
Function:
5.4 Secular and Religious Musical Instruments
Accession date:
1967
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Thumb piano, accession number 5-6745, described as Finger piano; rectangular wooden box; burned designs on top; hole in bottom and in one end; pebbles inside box; 11 metal keys; l. 27.5 cm; w. 13 cm.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Thumb piano, accession number 5-6745, described as Finger piano; rectangular wooden box; burned designs on top; hole in bottom and in one end; pebbles inside box; 11 metal keys; l. 27.5 cm; w. 13 cm.

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