by Artist (7)
unknown Ugandan
Primary
Kayamba (Reed Rattles)
1965-1999
Woven reed, bark cloth
7 5/8 in. x 9 1/4 in. x 1 in. (19.3 cm x 23.5 cm x 2.54 cm)
Bryn Mawr College
Accession Number:
99.16.16
Geography:
Africa, Uganda, Buganda
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.
- percussion instruments - Instruments played either by shaking, or by striking either a membrane or a plate or bar of wood, metal, or other hard material.
- rattles - Shaken idiophones made in a variety of forms worldwide, in which one or more objects strike against each other or against the inside or outside of another object.
- 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:
- The Philip L. Kilbride Memorial Exhibition Bryn Mawr College , Apr 5, 2013 – Jul 25, 2014
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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:
- Minister of Culture and Community Development, Uganda Crafts: Kampala (Kampala, Uganda: Ministry of Culture and Community Development, 1965), 18, 34. Figure Number: M9c
Related Bibliography List
The following Related Bibliography exist for this object:
- G. Hyslop, Musical Instruments of East Africa (London, England: Nelson Publishers, 1974),
- P. N. Kavyu, Traditional Musical Instruments of Kenya (Nairobi, Kenya: Kenya Literature Bureau, 1991), 64-66.
- C. Sacks, A History of Musical Instruments (London, England: Dent and Sons, 1940),
- Minister of Culture and Community Development, Uganda Crafts: Kampala (Kampala, Uganda: Ministry of Culture and Community Development, 1965), 18, 34. Figure Number: M9c
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