Sansa (Thumb Piano)
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unknown Ugandan
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Sansa (Thumb Piano)
1965-1999
Carved wood and metal
8 1/2 in. x 6 in. x 1 1/4 in. (21.59 cm x 15.24 cm x 3.18 cm)
Bryn Mawr College
Accession Number:
99.16.18
Acquisition Date:
1999 or earlier
Geography:
Africa, Uganda, Bwamba
Classification:
Tools and Equipment; Musical Instruments & Sound-making Implements
Culture/Nationality:
Ugandan, East African, African
Collection:
Kilbride Collection
Keywords
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This object has the following keywords:
- African - Refers to the cultures of the continent of Africa, which is bounded by the Atlantic Ocean, the Indian Ocean, and the Mediterranean Sea.
- East African - Styles and cultures of the eastern area of Africa including Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda, that together with the Horn of Africa (Somalia, Djibouti, Eritrea, and Ethiopia) make up Eastern Africa.
- musical instruments - Sound-producing apparatuses whose primary function is to play music.
- sansas - Lamellaphones originating in Africa, consisting of tuned metal or split-cane tongues fitted to a wood board or resonator, so that the tongues can vibrate freely at one end; they are played by depressing and releasing the free ends of the tongues with thumbs and forefingers.
- Ugandan - The style and culture of the central African State, Uganda.
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Exhibition List
This object was included in the following exhibitions:
- Backtalk: Exposures, Erasures, and Elisions of the Bryn Mawr College African Art Collection Bryn Mawr College , Feb 5, 2015 – Jun 1, 2015
- The Philip L. Kilbride Memorial Exhibition Bryn Mawr College , Apr 5, 2013 – Jul 25, 2014
- Exhibition on Kenyan Crafts Bryn Mawr College , 10/1999 - 5/2000
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Owner Name: Gift of Philip Kilbride, Professor of Anthropology
Role: Donor
Place: Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, US
Acquisition Method: Purchased/Collected
Ownership Start Date: Last quarter 20th century
Ownership End Date: 1999
Comparanda List
The following Comparanda exist for this object:
- Marc Ginzberg, African Forms: The Traditional Design and Function of Objects (London, England: Thames & Hudson, 2000), 136.
Related Bibliography List
The following Related Bibliography exist for this object:
- Marc Ginzberg, African Forms: The Traditional Design and Function of Objects (London, England: Thames & Hudson, 2000), 136.
- Minister of Culture and Community Development, Uganda Crafts: Kampala (Kampala, Uganda: Ministry of Culture and Community Development, 1965), 17.
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