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Thumb piano
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Inferred data H&S classification
Lamellaphones (or plucked idiophones) with laced-on, or hooked-in lamellae, without resonator
Date
1901–1933
Place of origin
Democratic Republic of Congo, Africa
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Object historyProduction
Early 20th century
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Democratic Republic of the Congo
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National Museums Scotland
United Kingdom
Inv. V.2017.5.57
Visit museum website Description Thumb piano or likimbe, a hollowed wooden box with vibrating iron tongues, decorated with blue glass beads: Africa, Central Africa, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Lokombe, early 20th century
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