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Sansa or m'bira
This is sansa/m'bira is made of wood, with lamellae of iron. It has a tin plate with rattles made from shell discs mounted on it.
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before 1904 - Maker:
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University of Aberdeen Museums - Inventory number:
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Africa, Mozambique Mopea Lower Zambezi - 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(board): 248 mm; W(board): 186 mm; Th(board): 43 mm