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Thumb Piano

Kenya Kalimba (Thumb Piano) (#2)

Collected in 1920's in Kenya
Kenya

Wood, Metal
ca. Early 20th Century

Length: 10 inches x Width: 6 inches (bottom) x Depth: 2 inches
Idiophone - Plucked - Lamellophone

Fan-shaped hollow wood soundboard base to flared end. Ten metal keys resonate when plucked with finger. Held in place by strong reeds. Museum accessions report states it was collected by Quaker missionaries between 1900-1920. Museum Property

 

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Catalog#: AF-IDPL-11-31