Two lamellophones "sanza" · Angola · ID: 3038493
sold
EUR 240
Provenance
Northern German Private Collection, collected in situ in the 1950’s during employment of the collector with Woermann, HamburgDescription
wood, brown patina, with ten metal keys, m: 25,5 cm x 12,5 cm; with twelve metal keys and halved gourd serving as soundbox, m: 13 cm x 9,5 cm, both with slight traces of usage
The object Two lamellophones “sanza” with the object ID 3038493 was last part of the auction 81st Tribal Art Auction at October 31, 2015 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 518 achieved a sales price of EUR 240.
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Comparing literature
Kubik, Gerhard, Lamelofones do Museum Nacional de Etnologia, 2000. p. 103