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Hand Carved - Finger Harp / Thumb Piano - East African Antique- - $160 (West Los Angeles - Please See Map On This Page)
Military Avenue near Charnock Road
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Hand Carved and Made Solid Wood Indigenous Tribal Head & Feet with Shells and Metal Tines
9 Metal Keys and Base
Africa - Congo.
Museum Quality Art Piece
This hand carved tropical hardwood tribal head thumb piano or Kalimba is an African tribal native musical instrument.
A type of plucked idiophone(lamellophone) common throughout Sub-Saharan Africa and this Antique musical instrument is a rare fine.
It is also known as a"sansa" and"mbira"
It is popular throughout central, western and eastern Africa.
The kalimba is played by holding the instrument in the hands and plucking the tines with the thumbs.
The name kalimba was originally only used for the gourd thumb piano.
It is often an important instrument played at religious - spiritual indigenous ceremonies, weddings, and other social gatherings.
The "Art of crafting and playing Mbira/Sansi, the finger-plucking traditional musical instrument in Malawi and Zimbabwe"
I am sorry the photos are not so sharp. It is much nicer in real life.
Professionally stored in art archive after purchase for decades.
$160
Just reduced price from $380
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