Finger Piano
Sanza
AF771
From: Zaire | Kasai District
Curatorial Section: African
| Native Name | Sansa |
| Object Number | AF771 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Bambala |
| Provenience | Zaire | Kasai District |
| Section | African |
| Materials | Wood | Brass | Cane (plant) |
| Technique | Incised |
| Description | Keyboard. Rectangular wooden box with slightly rounded back and with projecting human head at one end. Crude incised designs on top of box which is also ornamented with brass-headed nails. The reed and the strings which held the keys in place are present but the keys are missing. |
| Height | 8.5 cm |
| Length | 45 cm |
| Width | 19.5 cm |
| Credit Line | Purchased from J. F. G. Umlauff, 1912 |
| Other Number | 1425 - Field No SF | I-430 - Seder Number |
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