Sanza
37-22-35
From: Sierra Leone | Sherbro Island
Curatorial Section: African
| Object Number | 37-22-35 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Provenience | Sierra Leone | Sherbro Island |
| Section | African |
| Materials | Tin |
| Description | Wooden bowstave passes through a rectangular tin box [resonator]. A considerable range of notes is obtained by stopping the string at various points against the stave, while the string is struck with a short section of reed or a light stick. |
| Height | 8.5 cm |
| Length | 18.5 cm |
| Width | 9.3 cm |
| Credit Line | Expedition to Sierra Leone, West Africa; Henry Usher Hall, 1937 |
| Other Number | 93 - Collector Number | C-328 - Seder Number |
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