Lamellaphone Backrest carved from the solid of the board which is a squared block of wood. Bar and bridge of iron, both raised from the surface; the bar is held in place by a piece of copper wire. The bridge is a C-shaped piece of iron bent back to the side of the backrest. Above rattling bar is a square of decoration carved in. Two tongues missing? [HLR]

Collection type: Object
Description: Lamellaphone Backrest carved from the solid of the board which is a squared block of wood. Bar and bridge of iron, both raised from the surface; the bar is held in place by a piece of copper wire. The bridge is a C-shaped piece of iron bent back to the side of the backrest. Above rattling bar is a square of decoration carved in. Two tongues missing? [HLR]
Geographical reference: Congo, Democratic Republic of
Africa > Central Africa > Congo, Democratic Republic of; Kasai
Person: Field collector Unknown Collector; PRM source Wellcome Historical Medical Museum
Date / Period: Date made: Before 1952
Date collected: By 1952
Acquisition information: Donated: 1952
Materials and processes: Material Wood Plant, Material Iron Metal, Material Gourd Plant, Material Copper Metal, Process Carpentered, Process Decorated, Process Incised, Process Carved, Process Recycled
Dimensions: Height 98 mm gourd, Length: max 181 mm, Width: max 83 mm, Diameter 94 mm gourd
Object numbers: Accession number: 1952.5.6

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