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Lamellaphone
Thumb Piano; This hand made west African version of a lamellophone known in Africa as an mbira, ikembe, likembe, kalimba, karimba, matapee, sansa, or luvale. It has an octave made of eight thin adjustable iron strips wedged over an iron fret. The sound board is fixed with metal pins and glued to a resonator in the form of a carved figurine decorated with a glass bead necklace and head ornaments of…
Type of item
- Musical Instrument
- Musical instrument
- http://www.mimo-db.eu/InstrumentsKeywords/2930
- http://www.mimo-db.eu/HornbostelAndSachs/67
Date
- 1700 - 1899
- 1700/1899
Type of item
- Musical Instrument
- Musical instrument
- http://www.mimo-db.eu/InstrumentsKeywords/2930
- http://www.mimo-db.eu/HornbostelAndSachs/67
Date
- 1700 - 1899
- 1700/1899
Providing institution
Aggregator
Rights statement for the media in this item (unless otherwise specified)
- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/
Identifier
- #MINIM-UK:22724
Providing country
- Europe
Collection name
First time published on Europeana
- 2019-12-16T15:27:33.841Z
Last time updated from providing institution
- 2019-12-17T12:57:36.684Z