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Nyonganyonga / Malimba: "TIC 052 Sena/Barwe Nyonganyonga"

G# / Ab (closest chromatic pitch)
26
Buzzers dampened
N.N./Andrew Tracey
1970
Coll. by AT in 1972 from Bero Kabunu, in Catandica (formerly Vila Gouveia), Central Mozambique.
Remade in Roodepoort, Gauteng, South Africa.
Only the metal parts (keys, bridge, bar) are original, AT made body and rattle plate with snail shell buttons and beads.
Bar inscribed "PIOSI PIRIP", riveted.
See AT article “The original African mbira?”.
Bought by AT from Bero Kabunu, Catandica (formerly Vila Gouveia), Mozambique, in 1972.
Audio slicing by Zack Moon in Oct. 2018.
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