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Lamellophone
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Form: Sansa with brand paintings and bamboo tongues Named the Calabar lamellophone (after Kubik), it differs from the associated type in the following characteristics: - The arrangement of the lamellae is V-shaped, so there is only one low tone, in the centre - It is smaller. Gerhard Kubik: Kalimba, Nsansi, Mbira - Lamellophones in Africa: Veröffentlichungen des Museums für Völkerkunde Berlin (SMB), 1998 - Neue Folge 68 - Musikethnologie X, p. 128 (Fig. 80a / Fig. 80b)

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Object type
musical instruments
Dimensions
Länge x Breite x Höhe: ca. 29 x 8,5 x 3,5 cm
Material/Technique
Wood, Bamboo
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
III C 20099

Provenance and sources

where
Cameroon [Land/Region]
Calabar River [Fluss/Gebiet]

who
Ilse Petersen - Collectors

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