Lamellaphone with gourd resonator. Back rest the back of board, the bridge a straight strip of iron. Bar of iron attached by brass wire between each tongue and the back of the board. There is an iron loop on which are 2 iron rattles at the base of the board. The rim of the gourd has a padding of textile. [HLR]

Collection type: Object
Description: Lamellaphone with gourd resonator. Back rest the back of board, the bridge a straight strip of iron. Bar of iron attached by brass wire between each tongue and the back of the board. There is an iron loop on which are 2 iron rattles at the base of the board. The rim of the gourd has a padding of textile. [HLR]
Geographical reference: South Africa
Africa > Southern Africa > South Africa; Eastern Cape province KwaZulu / Natal province (Transkei)
Person: Field collector Charles Scott Sherrington; PRM source Charles Scott Sherrington
Date / Period: Date made: Before 1933
Date collected: By 1933
Acquisition information: Donated: 1933
Materials and processes: Material Wood Plant, Material Iron Metal, Material Brass Metal, Material Gourd Plant, Material Textile, Process Carpentered, Process Tied, Process Padded, Process Woven
Dimensions: Diameter 105 mm gourd, Width: max 102 mm lamellophone, Length: max 120 mm lamellophone
Object numbers: Accession number: 1933.43.1
Research and responses: According to the Encyclopedia Britannica Online, having been nominally independent from 1976, Transkei was reincorporated in South Africa in 1994, becoming part of Eastern Cape and KwaZulu / Natal provinces. See also 1966.1.1032 [CW 15/3/2000]