Lamellophone

Minneapolis Institute of Art

Lamellophone

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Date
mid 20th century
Medium
Wood, metal, organic materials
Culture
Luba
Department
Arts of Global Africa
Institution
Minneapolis Institute of Art
Object ID
55232

This instrument is properly called a lamellophone, but most people call it something much more evocative: a thumb piano, as its metal keys (the lamelles) are played with the thumbs. Very popular and widespread in traditional Africa, it has been reinvented in urban settings as a large, electronically amplified instrument. Luba, Democratic Republic of the Congo

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Gift of David and Sara Lieberman

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