Kalimba
Unknown
late 19th–early 20th century · Wood, steel, copper · Musical Instruments
The shovel-shaped kalimba of southeastern Africa has its longest, lowest- sounding lamella in the center. Lamellaphones may be placed in or attached to a gourd that serves as a resonator to enhance and amplify the instrument’s sound.
- Artist
- Unknown
- Date
- late 19th–early 20th century
- Medium
- Wood, steel, copper
- Culture
- Zambian or Zimbabwean
- Department
- Musical Instruments
- Credit line
- Gift of Miss Alice Getty, 1946
