Lamellophone Lamellophone Sanza Chokwe - kalimba - Tanzania (No reserve price)

This is a traditional African lamellophone (often called kalimba, mbira, or sanza) from East Africa—notably Tanzania among the Wagogo, where it is known as ilimba. In Central Africa, this ancient traditional African musical instrument or sanza consists of a resonator board on which ten metal tines are fixed in parallel. The tines, of varying lengths, are sometimes made of bamboo. The thumbs of both hands press on the board to make the front ends of the tines vibrate. In Zaire, however, where all fingers are used as on the piano, groups of instruments play on complementary registers. The instrument may also accompany a singer at times. Indigenous restorations. Oiled brown patina.

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