Xylophone
Object type: Xylophone
Department: Musical Instruments
Culture: Hembe people
Date: ca. 1900
Medium: Gourd (prob. Lagenaria vulgaris), gum, wood, fiber
Dimensions: Height: 18 1/16 in. (45.8 cm)
Diameter: 21 1/16 in. (53.5 cm)
Classification: Idiophone-Struck-bar-wood
Geography:     Democratic Republic of the Congo  
Credit line: Purchase, Clara Mertens Bequest, in memory of André Mertens, 1994
Accession year: 1994