Lamellaphone with tortoise shell resonator with wooden sounding board.

Collection type: Object
Description: Lamellaphone with tortoise shell resonator with wooden sounding board.
Long description: Backrest and bridge of a thin iron metal strip. Each tongue fastened to the surface of the board with two thick metal strips. Originally 11 tongues? Two sound holes, one through the board on the right below the tongues and the other through the tortoise shell on the right. The board was originally attached to the shell by cane (now visible) and black gum. Traces of the gum remain on the board and back of the tortoise shell, in construction it is very similar to 1920.15.1, but this example shows traces of very much use. [HLR].
Geographical reference: Congo, Democratic Republic of
Africa > Central Africa > Congo, Democratic Republic of
Person: Field collector Goodwin; PRM source Ipswich Museum; PRM source Patricia Margaret Maclaren Butler
Date / Period: Date made: Before 1930
Date collected: By 1930
Acquisition information: Purchased: 1966
Materials and processes: Material Wood Plant, Material Iron Metal, Material Tortoise Carapace Reptile, Material Mastic Resin Plant, Material Cane Plant, Process Glued, Process Perforated, Process Tied
Dimensions: Length 176 mm, Width 132 mm, Depth 64 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1966.1.1030 Other numbers: 1930.32