Lamellophone "malimba" · Tanzania, Zaramo · ID: 3035734
sold
EUR 700
Provenance
Fred Jahn, Munich, GermanySize
H: 23 cm
B: 10,5 cm
H: 9.1 inch
B: 4.1 inch
Description
wood, partly encrusted brown patina, rectangular corpus, carved with geometrical ornaments, ten metal keys, min. dam., slight traces of usage, base;
the length of the keys determines the different pitches. While playing, the sanza is held in both hands and the two thumbs, sometimes even the forefingers are plucking the strings.
Comparing literature
Boulanger, F., Sanza, Brussels 2011, p. 59