Mbira
Object type: Mbira
Department: Musical Instruments
Culture: Nigerian (Efik)
Date: late 19th century
Medium: Kapok wood (Ceiba pentandra Gaertn)
Dimensions: W. 3 1/2 × L. 12 1/4 in. (8.9 × 31.1 cm)
Classification: Idiophone-Plucked / Depressed
Geography:    Calabar Nigeria  
Credit line: The Crosby Brown Collection of Musical Instruments, 1889
Accession year: 1889