Wooden hand piano

Museum number:
5-1571
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.1302
Description:
Kisanji(Marimba); 3 by 8 inches. Suku. Bisanju (singular kisanji). Collected from Eastern Suku. Used by young men and adults generally. Most often they are used by individuals singly, playing for themselves -- often on walking trips. They are seldom integrated with other instruments. Per inventory 6/13/12, found in a bag with fragments.
Donor:
Igor Kopytoff and University Appropriation
Collection place:
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Verbatim coll. place:
Africa, Suku
Culture or time period:
Suku
Materials:
Wood (plant material)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Marimbas
Function:
5.4 Secular and Religious Musical Instruments
Accession date:
1960
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Loans:
S1963-1964 #13: Cole Elementary School/Beverly D. Deffes (September 12, 1963–September 13, 1963) and S1965-1966 #2: Civic Arts Center (Walnut Creek) (July 7, 1965–August 5, 1965)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Wooden hand piano, accession number 5-1571, described as Kisanji(Marimba); 3 by 8 inches. Suku. Bisanju (singular kisanji). Collected from Eastern Suku. Used by young men and adults generally. Most often they are used by individuals singly, playing for themselves -- often on walking trips. They are seldom integrated with other instruments. Per inventory 6/13/12, found in a bag with fragments.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Wooden hand piano, accession number 5-1571, described as Kisanji(Marimba); 3 by 8 inches. Suku. Bisanju (singular kisanji). Collected from Eastern Suku. Used by young men and adults generally. Most often they are used by individuals singly, playing for themselves -- often on walking trips. They are seldom integrated with other instruments. Per inventory 6/13/12, found in a bag with fragments.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Wooden hand piano, accession number 5-1571, described as Kisanji(Marimba); 3 by 8 inches. Suku. Bisanju (singular kisanji). Collected from Eastern Suku. Used by young men and adults generally. Most often they are used by individuals singly, playing for themselves -- often on walking trips. They are seldom integrated with other instruments. Per inventory 6/13/12, found in a bag with fragments.

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