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Gourd resonated lamellaphone.
Technical description: Eight metal lamellae gripped by wires mounted on board; metal bridge; board fitted inside a half gourd; instrument held by fingers which pass through two holes in board. Possibly heptatonic tuning.
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1967 - Maker:
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University of Edinburgh - Inventory number:
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Enugu/Nigeria - Hornbostel-Sachs classification:122.12 Lamellaphones (or plucked idiophones) with laced-on, or hooked-in lamellae, with resonator
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- Hornbostel-Sachs category:122.12 Lamellaphones (or plucked idiophones) with laced-on, or hooked-in lamellae, with resonator
- Repository:University of Edinburgh
- Measurements:board diameter 320 - 325.
- View the original record:https://collections.ed.ac.uk/mimed/record/16185