Mbila
Medium: Wood, leather
Classification: Sound Devices
Credit Line: Museum purchase
Object number: 1930.7.5
DescriptionXylophone type of 10 wooden pieces tied with leather thong on wooden frame, ornamented on edges with incisions. Sounding gourds below, holes shaped by a black, molded substance. Red cloth cord attached. 2 drumsticks with end of raw rubber.
Not on view
In Collection(s)
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