Mbira
The thumb piano, sansa or mbira, is played in a range of contexts, from love songs to memorial ceremonies. Iron tongues of varying lengths, made by a local smith, sound at different pitches when struck with the thumb.
Object Summary
- Accession Loan No.
- 106/1993/21
- Category
- Ethnography
- Collection Class
- Musical instruments
- Collection Area Region
- W
- Material
- woodiron
- Common Name
- mbira
- Simple Name
- thumb piano
- Production Country
- Tanzania
- Production Year High
- 1974
