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Object Number 2006.38.160
Display Title Thumb piano "sansa"
Descriptions
Indigenous Term Sansa
Object Description Thumb piano "sansa"
Inventory Description Thumb piano, tapered wood base, incised lines, eleven metal keys, holes
Classification
  • Percussion
Department Ethnographic
Date 1980 or earlier
Culture
  • Efe
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Zaire
Additional Geographic Terms Ituri Forest
Materials Wood, Metal
Dimensions Overall: 3.3 x 11 x 20.5 cm (1 5/16 x 4 5/16 x 8 1/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 2006.38.160; 178
Credit Line In memory of Diane Dixon-Daniel, gift of Renee Bertrand
Provenance
Owner Lavi Daniel (1993)
Owner Diane Dixon (1993)
Collector Jean-Pierre Hallet (Before 1980? - 1993)
Donor Renee C. Bertrand

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