Thumb Piano
name: label: Discipline
content: Anthropology
label: Region
content: African Region
notes: label: Description
content: This object is part of the Education and Outreach collection, some of which are in the Q?rius science education center and available to see.
label: Geologic Age
content: 2000s
label: Notes
content: A small thumb piano made from a recycled aluminum can with a wooden top. The can has been cut down but appears to have originally been a Nestle Instant Coffee can. Cut layers of circular plywood have been glued to the top of the can and a design of a hut and palm tree has been burned into the wood. There are five keys on the thumb piano which seem to be made of salvaged and reshaped metal. It was likely manufactured in West Africa and possibly Ivory Coast for the tourist trade.
label: Number of objects in this record
content: 1
label: Record Last Modified
content: 7 Nov 2023
place: label: Collecting Locality
content: Africa, Ivory Coast
topic: label: Topic
content: Education & Outreach
setName: label: See more items in
content: Q?rius, The Coralyn W. Whitney Science Education Center
identifier: label: USNM Number
content: EO400644
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Education and Outreach collections
physicalDescription: label: Material
content: Metal, Wood, Paper