Mbira

Medium

Kapok wood (Ceiba pentandra Gaertn)

Dimensions

W. 3 1/2 × L. 12 1/4 in. (8.9 × 31.1 cm)

Classification

Idiophone-Plucked / Depressed

Culture

Nigerian (Efik)

Department

Musical Instruments

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

The Crosby Brown Collection of Musical Instruments, 1889

Accession Number

89.4.482