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Lamellaphone.
Technical description: Flat board with 14 lamellae; no jingles; probably used in conjunction with gourd or metal resonator. Sound hole burned into centre of board, diameter 15.
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Mid 20th Century - Maker:
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University of Edinburgh - Inventory number:
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Zimbabwe - 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:143
- View the original record:https://collections.ed.ac.uk/mimed/record/15465