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1994.21.1.3

Cardboard box lid for a Kalimba [1994.21.1 .1]. [RR 20/1/2020]

1994.21.1.3

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Collection type
Object
Description
Cardboard box lid for a Kalimba [1994.21.1 .1]. [RR 20/1/2020]
Long description
Cardboard box lid for a Kalimba [1994.21.1 .1]. Associated items are catalogued under .1, .2, and .4 [RR 20/1/2020]
Geographical reference
South Africa
Africa > Southern Africa > South Africa
Transvaal Roodeport
Date / Period
Date made: 1940-1960?, uncertain
Date collected
By 1994
Acquisition information
Donated: 02/1994
Materials and processes
Material Cardboard Paper Plant, Material Pigment, Process Carved, Process Painted
Dimensions
Height 60 mm, Width: max 160 mm, Length 220 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 1994.21.1.3
Research and responses

According to Robert Nyamushosho (Lecturer of Archaeology at the University of Cape Town), kalimba are a modern, westernised version of the traditional mbira. Kalimba usually have a built-in hole in the wooden body of the instrument to allow sound to resonate (similar to a guitar), replacing the traditional gourds used for mbira.

Search terms: Music, Trade, Box, Musical Instrument, Lamellophone