Xylophone
74-1-1
From: Mozambique | Inhambane District
Curatorial Section: African
| Native Name | Mbila |
| Object Number | 74-1-1 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Chopi |
| Provenience | Mozambique | Inhambane District |
| Culture Area | East Africa |
| Section | African |
| Materials | Wood | Gourd |
| Description | Made by Venancio Mbande. Native name: Mbila (pl. Timbila). Soprano tuning (chilanzane). Keys are made of sneezewood (mwenge); resonators of wild citrus shells; leather thong bindings. Carved wooden legs; mkusu wood handle. Nineteen keys. |
| Credit Line | Gift of Alfred G. Zantzinger, 1974 |
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