Xylophone
Marimba
Malimba
2014-13-27.1
From: Matabeleland
Curatorial Section: African
| Native Name | Marimba | Marimba |
| Object Number | 2014-13-27.1 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Provenience | Matabeleland |
| Section | African |
| Materials | Gourd | Wood | Leather |
| Technique | Carved |
| Description | Modified ball-xylophone with 12 bars, each with gourd resonator. Spider-cacoon-wrapping around each resonator. Bars set on wooden frame and laced with leather thongs. Wooden slat seperators (5) dividing bars into groups of 2. Seperators and frame carved with designs. |
| Height | 22 cm |
| Length | 113.5 cm |
| Width | 49 cm |
| Credit Line | Gift of the Franklin Institute, 2014 |
| Other Number | 112 - Franklin Institute Number | L-222-27A - Old Loan Number | I-288 - Seder Number | 81-11-70 - Found in Collection Number |
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