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Lamellophone

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Shape: Solid wooden body with iron lamellae Detailed description in: Kubik, Lamellophone (1998), p. 174-5 The instrument is characterised by its two rows of lamellae arranged one above the other. The lower row of 3 plus 3, the upper row of 3 plus 4 lamellae. The specimen has indicated elevations on the left and right edges of the board: so-called lateral ridges. The Klnag board has a figurative motif engraved in relief within a rhombus outline. Gerhard Kubik: Kalimba, Nsansi, Mbira - Lamellophones in Africa: Publications of the Museum für Völkerkunde Berlin (SMB), 1998 - Neue Folge 68 - Musikethnologie X, pp. 174-175 (Fig. 121 / Fig. 122)

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Cataloguing data

Cultural attribution
Luimbi
Object type
musical instruments
Dimensions
Height: 5 cm
Width: 13 cm
Depth: 23 cm
Weight: 0,358 kg
Material/Technique
Wood, Iron, Wax, Brass, Leather
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
III C 35496

Provenance and sources

  • Production
    where
    Angola
    Lundaland
    who
    Luimbi
  • Change of legal title:
    Acquisition
    Description
    Acquisition / Expedition by Hermann Baumann 1938
  • Assignment to a curated holding:
    Africa

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CC BY-SA 4.0 DEED

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