Mbira dzaVaNdau "Danda" type TIC 135 A from Chisumbanje, Chipinge district, Zimbabwe

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Mbira dzaVaNdau "Danda" type: "TIC 135"

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Reference Key:	A (closest chromatic pitch)
Key Count:	28
Sound Info:	Buzzers dampened.
Maker:	unknown
Place Made:	Chisumbanje, Chipinge district, Zimbabwe
Made in/before:	1972
Comments:	White wood, in-curved sides, very small flared bell-shaped body with side walls. Rattle plate wedged under cross bar with 8 sea shells held with beads (shells added by Andrew Tracey). Lower rank 12 keys, middle rank 11 keys, left top rank 5 keys. Tuning hexatonic. H: 160, W: at bottom 156. Upper three notes (LU/RU1'' to 3''), and lowest LL5,, synthesised from their octave counterparts.
Last known owner:	ILAM
Owner Contact:	Please get in touch.
Last known location:	Grahamstown, South Africa