Lamellaphone (mbira)
early 20th century
(not assigned)Zimbabwe
Medium/TechniqueWood, iron
DimensionsOverall: 22 x 19 cm (8 11/16 x 7 1/2 in.)
Credit LineGift of Udo Horstmann
Accession number2013.893
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Not on viewClassificationsMusical instruments
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ProvenanceBetween 1969 and 1971, acquired in Southern Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe) by Max Willbörg (b. 1933 – d. 2001), Cork, Ireland; 1990, sold by Wilbörg to Udo and Waltraut Horstmann, Zug, Switzerland; 2013, gift of Udo and Waltraut Horstmann to the MFA. (Accession Date: September 25, 2013)
19th century
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mid-20th century
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early 1960s
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