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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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Cataloguing data

Object type
musical instruments
Dimensions
Length: 29 cm
Width: 8,5 cm
Height: 3,5 cm
Material/Technique
Wood, Bamboo
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
III C 20099

Provenance and sources

  • Production
    where
    Cameroon
    Calabar River
  • Collecting
    who
    Ilse Petersen - Collectors
  • Assignment to a curated holding:
    Africa

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Legal status metadata
CC BY-SA 4.0 DEED

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