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Lamellaphone.

Place of production:Sub-Saharan Africa/Africa
Date of production:Late 19th or early 20th century
Collection:University of Edinburgh

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Lamellaphone.

Place of production:Central Africa (?).
Date of production:Probably mid 19th century
Collection:University of Edinburgh

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Zanza/m'bira?

Place of production:
Date of production:
Collection:Warrington Museum

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Zanza/m'bira?

Place of production:Zimbabwe
Date of production:
Collection:Warrington Museum

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Sansa or m'bira

Place of production:Zambia
Date of production:before 1909
Collection:University of Aberdeen Museums

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Esanzi or bechi

Place of production:Democratic Republic of Congo, below Stanley Pool
Date of production:before 1909
Collection:University of Aberdeen Museums

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Sansa or m'bira

Place of production:South Africa
Date of production:
Collection:University of Aberdeen Museums

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Sansa or m'bira

Place of production:Democratic Republic of Congo
Date of production:
Collection:University of Aberdeen Museums

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Sansa or m'bira

Place of production:Democratic Republic of Congo
Date of production:
Collection:University of Aberdeen Museums

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Sansa or m'bira

Place of production:South Africa
Date of production:before 1900
Collection:University of Aberdeen Museums

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Zanza

Place of production:Nigeria
Date of production:
Collection:University of Aberdeen Museums

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Sansa or m'bira

Place of production:Africa, Mozambique Mopea Lower Zambezi
Date of production:before 1904
Collection:University of Aberdeen Museums

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Sansa or m'bira

Place of production:Africa
Date of production:
Collection:University of Aberdeen Museums

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Zanza

Place of production:Nigeria
Date of production:before 1897
Collection:Warrington Museum

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Zanza

Place of production:Sierra Leone
Date of production:before 1900
Collection:Warrington Museum

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Zanza

Place of production:Congo
Date of production:before 1900
Collection:Warrington Museum

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Lamellaphone

Place of production:Central Africa
Date of production:19th century
Collection:Saffron Walden Museum

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Lamellaphone

Place of production:Ghana
Date of production:1850–1950
Collection:Russell-Cotes Art Gallery & Museum

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Mbira

Place of production:Zimbabwe
Date of production:1850–1950
Collection:Russell-Cotes Art Gallery & Museum

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Mbira

Place of production:Zimbabwe
Date of production:1850–1950
Collection:Russell-Cotes Art Gallery & Museum

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Lamellaphone

Place of production:Africa
Date of production:1850–1950
Collection:Russell-Cotes Art Gallery & Museum

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Sanza

Place of production:Central Africa
Date of production:
Collection:Cyfarthfa Castle Museum

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Sanza

Place of production:Calabar (Timezone: Africa/Lagos)
Date of production:second half of 19th century
Collection:Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew

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Lamellaphone

Place of production:Democratic Republic of the Congo
Date of production:second half of 19th century
Collection:Swindon Museum & Art Gallery

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Mbira

Place of production:Zimbabwe
Date of production:
Collection:Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew

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Lamellaphone or treble Kalimba.

Place of production:Central Africa (?).
Date of production:Early 20th Century
Collection:University of Edinburgh

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Lamellaphone

Place of production:Edward Nyanza (area), Democratic Republic of Congo
Date of production:1905–6
Collection:Powell-Cotton Museum

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Sanza

Place of production:Abong Mbang (Timezone: Africa/Douala)
Date of production:1911–36
Collection:Saffron Walden Museum

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Timbrh

Place of production:Ekoua, Central Cameroon
Date of production:1920–9
Collection:Powell-Cotton Museum

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Timbrh

Place of production:Nartindati village, Yaoundé, Cameroon
Date of production:1925–32
Collection:Powell-Cotton Museum

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Timbrh

Place of production:Nartindati village, Yaoundé, Cameroon
Date of production:1925–32
Collection:Powell-Cotton Museum

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Timbrh

Place of production:Cameroon
Date of production:1925–31
Collection:Powell-Cotton Museum

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Sanza

Place of production:South Sudan
Date of production:1925–33
Collection:Powell-Cotton Museum

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Sanza

Place of production:South Sudan
Date of production:1925–33
Collection:Powell-Cotton Museum

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Sanza

Place of production:South Sudan
Date of production:1925–33
Collection:Powell-Cotton Museum

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Lamellaphone.

Place of production:Zimbabwe
Date of production:Mid 20th Century
Collection:University of Edinburgh

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Timbrh

Place of production:Cameroon
Date of production:1950–2002
Collection:Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew

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Okeme.

Place of production:Lango/Uganda
Date of production:Circa 1955
Collection:University of Edinburgh

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Lamellaphone

Place of production:Uganda
Date of production:1955–65
Collection:Powell-Cotton Museum

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Treble Kalimba. Nominal pitch: G.

Place of production:Roodeport/South Africa
Date of production:Circa 1970
Collection:University of Edinburgh

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Gourd resonated lamellaphone.

Place of production:Enugu/Nigeria
Date of production:1967
Collection:University of Edinburgh

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Box lamellaphone.

Place of production:Kampala/Uganda
Date of production:1967
Collection:University of Edinburgh

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