CONGO DRC LUBA THUMB PIANO ( SANZA ) Superb musical instrument from the Luba tribe Some flaws, (at the neck, in particular) but it's probably the most beautiful I've ever met. Real instrument, you can feel that this lamellophone was really made to play, when you take it in hand The sound box is of a quality equivalent to those of our luthiers. One or two blades are missing The Luba are a great people in eastern DRC. Their caryatid seats, their cup holders, chiefs' sticks, arrow holders, adzes and cult statues are very famous and among the most valued objects in African Art Characteristics: TYPE OF OBJECT: Thumb piano, sanza, lamellophone ETHNICAL GROUP: Luba Baluba ORIGINE: Congo Drc MATERIAL: Wood, iron DIMENSIONS: About 13 inches high CONDITION: Medium Please have a look on the pictures BIBLIOGRAPHY : - LUBA, aux sources du Zaire, François NEYT, Editions du Musee Dapper, 1993. - MEMORY, Luba Art and the Making of History, Mary Nooter Roberts, 1996

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