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Source Description
The thumb piano portrays a wonderfully animated man riding a curious quadruped. His hat suggests he is probably a trader (<em>pombeiro</em>) engaged in long-distance commerce.
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Document identity
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94940
label
Lamellophone (chisanji)
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Source metadata
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94940
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object
title
Lamellophone (chisanji)
description
The thumb piano portrays a wonderfully animated man riding a curious quadruped. His hat suggests he is probably a trader (<em>pombeiro</em>) engaged in long-distance commerce.
date
late 1800s
rights
CC0
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CC0
language
en
wikidata
Q79475802
genreSpecific
Musical Instrument
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1
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import
dimensionsRaw
Overall: 19.1 x 10.2 x 6.4 cm (7 1/2 x 4 x 2 1/2 in.)
cul
Africa, Central Africa, Democratic Republic of the Congo or Angola, Chokwe-style maker
accession
1915.495
Source extras
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Wood, iron, and wire
tombstone
Lamellophone (chisanji), late 1800s. Africa, Central Africa, Democratic Republic of the Congo or Angola, Chokwe-style maker. Wood, iron, and wire; overall: 19.1 x 10.2 x 6.4 cm (7 1/2 x 4 x 2 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, The Harold T. Clark Educational Extension Fund, 1915.495
collection
African Art
didYouKnow
The CMA acquired this plucky instrument in 1915, one year before it opened to the public.
citations
citation
Wixom, WIlliam D. "African Art at the Cleveland Museum of Art." In <em>African Arts</em>. 10, no. 3. (April 1977): 16-25.
page_number
Mentioned: p. 16; reproduced: p. 19
citation
Bourgeois, Arthur P, et al. <em>Sounding Forms : African Musical Instruments</em>. Edited by Brincard Marie-Thérèse. New York: American Federation of Arts, 1989.
page_number
Reproduced: p. 131, fig. 74.
citation
Chanda, Jacqueline. <em>African Arts & Cultures</em>. Worcester, MA: Davis Publications, 1993.
page_number
P. 75
citation
Jordán, Manuel, and Marie Louise Bastin. <em>Chokwe!: Art and Initiation Among the Chokwe and Related Peoples</em>. Munich: Prestel, 1998.
citation
Petridis, Constantijn. <em>South of the Sahara: selected works of African art. </em>Cleveland: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2003.
page_number
reproduced: fig. 2, p. 13
citation
Petridis, Constantine, "African Art Revisited", Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Cleveland Art: The Cleveland Museum of Art Members Magazine</em>. Vol. 43 no. 09, November 2003
page_number
Mentioned & reproduced: p. 4-5
citation
Chemeche, George, and John Pemberton. <em>The Horse Rider in African Art</em>. London: Antique Collectors' Club, 2011.
page_number
p. 106
citation
Berzock, Kathleen Bickford, and Christa Clarke. <em>Representing Africa in American Art Museums: A Century of Collecting and Display</em>. Seattle: University of Washington Press, 2011.
page_number
Reproduced: p. 105, fig. 5.1
citation
Petridis, Constantine. "A World of Great Art for Everyone." In <em>Representing Africa in American Art Museums: A Century of Collecting and </em>Display, edited by Kathleen Bickford Berzock and Christa Clarke, 104-121. Seattle: University of Washington Press, 2011.
page_number
Mentioned: p. 104; reproduced: p. 105, fig. 5.1
citation
Roberts, Allen F., Tom Joyce, Marla Berns, William Joseph Dewey, Henry John Drewal, Candice Lee Goucher, and Rowland Abiodun. <em>Striking Iron: The Art of African Blacksmiths</em>. Los Angeles, California: Fowler Museum at UCLA, 2019.
page_number
Reproduced: p. 427, fig. 17.3; discussed: p. 430.
citation
Nzewi, Ugochukwu-Smooth C. <em>Second Careers : Two Tributaries in African Art</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 2019
page_number
Reproduced: p. 18, fig. 1; mentioned: p. 19
creditline
The Harold T. Clark Educational Extension Fund
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82596352e4c849508593bf8c6e37340b
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2026-06-18 21:16:23.644000
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94940
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African Art
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African Art
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Wood, iron, and wire
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