Lamellaphone with 7 iron bars.

Collection type: Object
Description: Lamellaphone with 7 iron bars.
Long description: Backrest of wood, bridge a C-shaped piece of iron, bar of iron held to resonator board by a pin between each of the 7 tongues. Tongues of iron, C-shaped hole at end of resonator. Resonator and board carved from one piece. The top of the resonator is shaped like a Dutch town house. Bridge bend back and is attached to bar. [HLR]
Geographical reference: Congo, Democratic Republic of
Africa > Central Africa > Congo, Democratic Republic of; Cataracts district
Person: Field collector Henry Balfour; PRM source Henry Balfour
Date / Period: Date made: Before 1907
Date collected: By 1907
Acquisition information: Loaned: 04/1907 Bequeathed: 02/1939
Materials and processes: Material Wood Plant, Material Iron Metal, Process Carved, Process Bent
Dimensions: Depth: max 65 mm, Width: max 120 mm, Length: max 265 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1907.85.1

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