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| Object |
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| Thumb piano, Sanza, Mbira - Tanzania |
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| Ethnic group |
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| unknown |
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| Origin |
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| Tanzania |
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| Provenance |
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| Private collection, Germany |
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| Material |
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| Wood, metal and glass-beads |
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| Size |
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| L: 25,5 cm, W: 12cm |
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| Description |
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| Sound box made of wood, 2 x 6 metal tongues made of umbrella / bicycle spokes, metal rings surround the metal tongues, there is a suspension in the form of a wire bracket, sound holes on the bottom and one side of the sound box, decorated with a head with eyes made of white glass beads, a glass bead necklace and earrings, at the lower end of the body of the sound geometric patterns are carved. |
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