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1903.6.16

Lamellaphone

1903.6.16

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Collection type
Object
Description
Lamellaphone
Long description
Backrest a thin strip of wood? Bridge is a C-shaped piece of iron which bends back and under the bar. Bar attached to resonator by vegetable fibre which ties over each tongue and through to the back of the box. [HLR]
Person
Field collector Henry Balfour
PRM source Henry Balfour
Date / Period
Date made: Before 1897
Date collected
Purchased in Brussels 1897
Acquisition information
Donated: 1903
Materials and processes
Material Wood Plant, Material Animal Hide Skin, Material Animal Hide Skin, Process Carpentered, Process Hollowed, Process Perforated, Process Decorated, Process Incised
Dimensions
Depth: max 25 mm, Width: max 83 mm, Length: max 155 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 1903.6.16

Search terms: Music, Musical Instrument, Lamellophone

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