- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Lamellaphone with gourd resonator
- Geographical reference
- Kasai Occidental Region
- Date / Period
- Date made: Before 1919
- Date collected
- By 1919
- Acquisition information
- Donated: 1919
- Materials and processes
- Material Gourd Plant
- Dimensions
- Diameter: max 210 mm, Height: max 175 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1919.28.11
Search terms: Music, Musical Instrument, Lamellophone
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