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