Thumb Piano
date: label: Accession Date
content: 4 Nov 2019
label: Collection Date
content: 1991
name: label: Collector
content: Judith Knight
label: Donor Name
content: Judith Knight
notes: label: Notes
content: Resonator box of wood, with designs burned into the side, and also some green wax. The metal prongs are raised on another piece of metal and fastened with wire.
label: Notes
content: Information from researcher/donor Judith Knight. Souvenir object made by the Tsua of Semliki, Bundibugyo, Uganda. Tsua finger Piano made of wood and iron (beaten nails/wire). Traditional pyrographic patterns with pigments reminiscent of Mbuti barkcloths designs (Fig 21) used to decorate the body of the instrument. Purchased by the donor from the Semliki Tsua in their village on the edge of the forest 1991.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 23 Apr 2025
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Bundibugyo, Semliki River, Uganda, Africa
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Tsua
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 2084931
label: USNM Number
content: E436242-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Thumb Piano
physicalDescription: label: Length
content: 24 cm
label: Width
content: 9 cm
label: Height
content: 6 cm