Owner: HWMC
Catalog#: AF-IDPL-34-14
Provenance: Jean-Claude Gouigoux, Masque Art African, Amiens, France
Lamellophones
Bamum 'Sanza' Bamboo
Southwest Cameroon
Bamum
Bamboo, fiber string
Late 20th Century
Length: 17.375 in, Width: 6.25 in
Idiophone – Plucked – Lamellophone
A Bamun tube sanza made from bamboo canes.. Both the four mud-glued cane resonator and eight tines (keys) are made from bamboo. These are very fragile and few still exist. Collected in the 1980’s. Provenance: Jean-Claude Gouigoux, Masque Art African, Amiens, France