Thumb piano (likembi)
date: label: Accession Date
content: 12 Apr 2006
label: Collection Date
content: 1993 to 1998
name: label: Collector
content: Dr. William F. Wheeler
label: Donor Name
content: Dr. William F. Wheeler
notes: label: Notes
content: Thumb piano with gourd resonator. Piano (#1 of 3 pieces) is made from a flat wooden board, with a hole drilled in the bottom. Several thin metal strips of various lengths are lined up parallel to each other and held above the board with strips of wood and metal. The underside of the piano has letter carved in it:"Ta Ba D Jo S". The resonator (#2 of 3 pieces) is made from dried gourd, bowl-shaped, with a hole in the bottom and 2 cracks on the sides repaired with stitches. A wooden peg (#3 of 3 pieces), carved with notches, is used to join the resonator and piano.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 23 Apr 2025
label: Specimen Count
content: 3
place: label: Place
content: Ituri Forest, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Africa
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Efe Pygmy
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 2036145
label: USNM Number
content: E432384-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Thumb Piano
physicalDescription: label: Length
content: 15 cm
label: Width
content: 8 cm