
Lamellaphone, kalimba type. Urungwe area of Zimbabwe, circa 1958. Quadrilateral shape, with three sides carved with a lip, and with curved proximal side. A metal rod projects from the middle of the curved side with three rattling metal rings threaded through it. Nine iron keys of graduated lengths, the longest in the middle running over a metal bridge and kept in place by a straining bar. A gourd resonator is attached to the instrument with string.