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Mbira or hand piano
Luchazi1900
Origins Centre
Johannesburg, South Africa
The hand piano was used widely amongst Lemba (deze) and Venda (mbila) speakers in northern South Africa and amongst many peoples further to the north. Like drums in other parts of South Africa, the hand piano was used to call upon the ancestors
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Details
- Title: Mbira or hand piano
- Creator: Luchazi
- Date Created: 1900
- Location Created: Zambia
- Type: Musical Instrument
- Original Source: Wits Art Galleries and Standard Bank Art Collection.
- Rights: Origins Centre
- Medium: Wood, metal
- time period: 20th Century AD.
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