| Title | Lukembi |
| Date | circa 1951-1971 |
| Material Type | Musical instruments
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| Description | Twelve-note sound box, also known as thumb piano, board piano, lukembi, or kalimba; wooden with keys made from spoon handles, bicycle spikes, or metal keys hammered to the desired shape; keys plucked with thumb and fingers; one hole on base and one on back; one key has a coil wrap; crudely decorated with lines and scratch-like marks on back; origin Ngwanda people of Central Africa. |
| Dimensions | Length: 22 cm; Width: 11 cm. |
| Subject | Musical instruments -- Africa, Central
Musical instruments -- Africa, Sub-Saharan
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| Geographic Region | Africa
Africa, Sub-Saharan
Africa, Central
Congo (Democratic Republic)
Ituri Forest (Congo)
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| Collector | Towles, Joseph A.
Turnbull, Colin M.
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| Collection in Repository | Joseph A. Towles Artifact Collection
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| Call Number | 1989.001.044c |
| Holding Institution | Avery Research Center at the College of Charleston
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| Digital Collection | Avery Research Center Artifact Collection
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| Rights | Digital image copyright 2009, The College of Charleston Libraries. All rights reserved. For more information contact The College of Charleston Library, Charleston, SC 29424. |
| Media Type | Objects |
