Lamellophone (chisanji)
late 1800s
Maker Unknown
African Art
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 The CMA acquired this plucky instrument in 1915, one year before it opened to the public.
- Maker/Artist
- Maker Unknown
- Classification
- Musical Instrument
- Formatted Medium
- Wood, iron, and wire
- Dimensions
- Overall: 19.1 x 10.2 x 6.4 cm (7 1/2 x 4 x 2 1/2 in.)
- Departments
- African Art
- Accession Number
- 1915.495
- Credit Line
- The Harold T. Clark Educational Extension Fund
- Exhibitions
- Chokwe! Art and Initiation Among Chokwe and Related Peoples, Striking Iron: The Art of African Blacksmiths, Narrative Wisdom and African Arts, The National Museum of African Art, Washington, DC, Sounding Forms: African Musical Instruments, April 23-June 18, 1989, repr. p. 131, fig. 74. Also to: Richmond, VA, The Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, July 16-September 10, 1989; Kansas City, MO, Nelson Atkins Museum, October 7-November 26, 1989; Paris, France, Musée des Arts Africains, January 6-March 3, 1990.<br>Birmingham Museum of Art, Alabama (November 1, 1998-January 3,1999), Baltimore Museum of Art (June 13-September 5, 1999), The Minneapolis Institute of Arts (October 24, 1999-January 16, 2000)."Chokwe! Art and Initiation Among Chokwe and Related Peoples"<br>Fowler Museum at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA (6/3/2018-12/30/2018), National Museum of African Art, Washington, DC (2/10/2019-10/20/2019), and Musée du quai Branly, Paris, France (11/10/2019-3/29/2020): "Striking Iron: The Art of African Blacksmiths"
- Rights Statement
- CC0
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