Kangombio, lamellophone with a resonator
Zambia, Upper Zambezi
Lozi. Late 19th - early 20th century
Wood, metal plates, calabash, plant fibre cord
Gift of Alice Bertrand in 1941; formerly in the collection of Alfred Bertrand, who collected it in Zambia between 1895 and 1908
MEG Inv. ETHMU 018087
Notice
The great popularity of music for lamellophones, in Africa and elsewhere, owes a great deal to the record industry. Many recordings of music for mbira from Zimbabwe and Mozambique have been published and widely distributed since the 1960s, especially in the collection Sounds of Africa published by the International Library of African Music, specialised in the study of lamellophones.
Bibliography
- Laurenty, J.S.. 1961. Les Sanza du Congo. Tervuren :, Af 1301, p. 29-31, pl. XXXII N° 327.
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