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Sansa or m'bira
This is sansa/m'bira is made of wood, with lamellae of iron, and a resonator of wood. It is decorated with brass nails, with rattles in tin and shell. Used by Kaffirs.
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before 1900 - Maker:
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University of Aberdeen Museums - Inventory number:
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South Africa - 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 Aberdeen Museums
- Measurements:L: 230mm; W: 160mm; H: 50mm