Lamellophone "malimba" ·  Tanzania, Zaramo · ID: 3035734

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.

The object Lamellophone “malimba” with the object ID 3035734 was last part of the auction 75th tribal art auction at November 30, 2013 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 461 achieved a sales price of EUR 700.

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Comparing literature

Boulanger, F., Sanza, Brussels 2011, p. 59