GREMG ยท 2006.14
Mbira
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Description
A nineteenth century musical instrument from Africa, usually called a thumb piano or mbira with eight keys mounted on a wooden sound box. The date of the instrument is not certain but it was made before 1879. The sound box casing bears a label inscribed 'Musical Instrument from Loango presented by James Lyon, Greenock', indicating an origin in the Congo for the instrument.