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Mbira logo #10101) African musical equipment 2) African melodic equipment 3) African musical device 4) African symphonic equipment 5) African symphonic gizmo 6) African music equipment 7) African melodic device 8) African music instrument 9) African music device 10) African musical instrument 11) African melodic instrument
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Mbira

Mbira logo #21000 In African music, the mbira (also known as likembe, mbila, thumb piano, mbira huru, mbira njari, mbira nyunga nyunga, sansu, zanzu, karimbao, kalimba, ubo,or—between the late 1960s and early 1970s—sanza) is a musical instrument that consists of a wooden board with attached staggered metal keys. It is often fitted into a resonator. In Eastern a...
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mbira

mbira logo #22641African musical instrument made of a hollow resonator and metal vibrating strips
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mbira

mbira logo #20200Original Shona-language term for a hand-held, metal-pronged instrument used in religious ceremonies to initiate communication with ancestor spirits. Mbira has become a general term for this entire class of instruments--lamellophones--popularly known as 'thumb pianos.'
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mbira

mbira logo #20200Thumb piano of the Shona people in Zimbabwe. Played by plucking metal strips on a wooden slab, often clamped inside a gourd resonator. Used recreationally and to communicate with ancestors.
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Mbira

Mbira logo #21217The mbira is a South African wooden bell upon which are assembled a number of metal tongues.
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