Title: Bala
Object type: Bala
Date: 19th century
Culture: Malinke
Medium: Wood, gourd, hide, membrane
Dimensions: L. 34 1/16 x W. 17 15/16 × D. 8 11/16  in (86.5 x 45.5 × 22 cm)
Classification: Idiophone-Struck-bar-wood
Credit line: The Crosby Brown Collection of Musical Instruments, 1889
Geography:     Mali, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau or the Senegambia      
Department: Musical Instruments
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY