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Title: Dongu
Subject: Bushman, Southern Africa, woman, dance, child, San, indigenous, bowl, grass, girl, instrument, dress, San (African people)--Namibia--Music, Mbira--Namibia, Music and dance--Namibia, Namibia
Description: A young girl plays the dongu (thumb piano) while her mother dances. //Auru, Namibia.
Identifier: islandora:11986

Title: Double-skin hourglass-shaped drum with beater (possibly Hausa)
Subject: Musical instruments--Africa, West, Hausa (African people)--Music
Description: Hornbostel-Sachs number: 211.242.11 Individual double-skin hourglass-shaped drums, one skin used for playing, Place of production: Africa, West, Probably Hausa
Identifier: islandora:20631

Title: Ugbhu
Subject: Musical instruments--South Africa, Zulu (African people)--Music
Description: Hornbostel-Sachs number: 311.121.221 Mono-heterochord musical bows with resonator without tuning noose, Height: 150mm (5.9in), Width: 233mm (9.1in), Length: 1124mm, Place of production: Nongoma (South Africa)
Identifier: islandora:20755

Title: /Ka/kanasi
Subject: Musical instruments--South Africa, San (African people)--Music
Description: Hornbostel-Sachs number: 3 Chordophone with resonator, A. Height: 16mm (0.4in), Width: 20mm (0.8in), Length: 97mm (3.5in), B. Height: 9mm (0.1in), Width: 9mm (0.1in), Length: 92mm (3.5in), Place of production: Twee Rivieren (Northern Cape, South Africa)
Identifier: islandora:20674

Title: Woman playing the g//oaci
Subject: Bushman, Southern Africa, music, portrait, tradition, San, indigenous, instrument, sand, bushveld, San (African people)--Namibia--Music, Plucked instruments--Namibia, Namibia
Description: A woman playing the g//oaci, a stringed instrument. N?aqmtjoha, Namibia.
Identifier: islandora:11709

Title: Dithleka
Subject: Musical instruments--South Africa, Venda (African people)--Music
Description: Hornbostel-Sachs number: 421.111.11 Open single end-blown flutes without fingerholes, A. Length: 105mm (3.9in), Diameter: 47mm (1.6in), B. Length: 97mm (3.5in), Diameter: 43mm (1.6in), C. Length: 92mm (3.5in), Diameter: 40mm (1.6in), D. Height: 10mm (0.4in), Width: 13mm (0.4in), Length: 121mm (4.7in), String: Length: 565mm (22in), Diameter: 2mm (0.1in), E. Height: 19mm (0.4in), Width: 17mm (0.4in), Length: 95mm (3.5in), F. Height: 24mm (0.8in), Width: 14mm (0.4in), Length: 107mm (3.9in), Place of production: Limpopo (South Africa)
Identifier: islandora:20131

Title: Tsula ya noko
Subject: Musical instruments--South Africa, Pedi (African people)--Music
Description: Hornbostel-Sachs number: 421.112 Sets of end-blown flutes or panpipes, Place of production: Transvaal (South Africa)
Identifier: islandora:20862

Title: Dinaka (set of seven)
Subject: Musical instruments--South Africa, Pedi (African people)--Music
Description: Hornbostel-Sachs number: 421.111.11 Open single end-blown flutes without fingerholes, Height: 14mm (0.4in), Width: 94mm (3.5in), Length: 149mm (5.5in), Place of production: Polokwane (South Africa), Creator: 'The son of a Transvaal Sotho doctor' (Kirby 1968:162)
Identifier: islandora:20148

Title: Mbila mutondo
Subject: Musical instruments--South Africa, Venda (African people)--Music
Description: Hornbostel-Sachs number: 111.212 Sets of percussion sticks, Place of production: Limpopo (South Africa)
Identifier: islandora:20787

Title: Mbila mutondo
Subject: Musical instruments--South Africa, Venda (African people)--Music
Description: Hornbostel-Sachs number: 111.212 Sets of percussion sticks, Place of production: Limpopo (South Africa)
Identifier: islandora:20793

Title: Thungwa
Subject: Musical instruments--South Africa, Venda (African people)--Music
Description: Hornbostel-Sachs number: 211.212.1 Individual double-skin cylindrical drums, Place of production: Fundudzi, Lake (South Africa)
Identifier: islandora:20820

Title: Umrhubhe
Subject: Musical instruments--South African, Xhosa (African people)--Music, Pondo (African people)--Music
Description: Hornbostel-Sachs number: 311.21 Musical bow cum stick, A. Height: 28mm (0.8in), Width: 110mm (4.3in), Length: 1039mm (40.6in), B. Length: 485mm (18.9in), Diameter: 7mm (0.1in), Place of production: Eastern Cape (South Africa)
Identifier: islandora:20731

Title: Umquangala
Subject: Musical instruments, Tsonga (African people)--Music
Description: Hornbostel-Sachs number: 311.2 -3 Stick zithers sounded by blowing, Height: 16mm (0.4in), Width: 29mm (0.8in), Length: 630mm
Identifier: islandora:20858

Title: !Gabus/outa
Subject: Musical instruments--Namibia, Nama (African people)--Music, Damara (African people)--Music
Description: Hornbostel-Sachs number: 311.121.12 Mono-heterochord musical bows without resonator with tuning noose, A. Height: 12mm (0.4in), Width: 54mm (2in), Length: 825mm (32.3in), B. Length: 363mm (14.2in), Diameter: 4mm (0.1in), Place of production: Haruchas (Namibia)
Identifier: islandora:20741

Title: Igemfe
Subject: Musical instruments--South Africa, Zulu (African people)--Music
Description: Hornbostel-Sachs number: 421.111.2 Stopped single end-blown flutes, A. Length: 294mm (11.4in), Diameter: 25mm (0.8in), B. Length: 277mm (10.6in), Diameter: 25mm (0.8in), Place of production: Pietermaritzburg (South Africa)
Identifier: islandora:20094

Title: Dzhio
Subject: Musical instruments--South Africa, Venda (African people)--Music
Description: Hornbostel-Sachs number: 421.111.11 Open single end-blown flutes without fingerholes, Height: 22mm, Width: 20mm, Length: 124mm, Place of production: Fundudzi, Lake (South Africa)
Identifier: islandora:20059

Title: Lengwane
Subject: Musical instruments--South Africa, Pedi (African people)--Music
Description: Hornbostel-Sachs number: 421.111.11 Open single end-blown flutes without fingerholes, A. Height: 21mm, Width: 27mm, Length: 197mm, B. Height: 20mm, Width: 21mm, Length: 168mm, C. Height: 21mm, Width: 22mm, Length: 152mm, Place of production: Limpopo (South Africa)
Identifier: islandora:20054

Title: Mbila mutondo
Subject: Musical instruments--South Africa, Venda (African people)--Music
Description: Hornbostel-Sachs number: 111.212 Sets of percussion sticks, Place of production: Limpopo (South Africa)
Identifier: islandora:20775

Title: Sitlanjani
Subject: Musical instruments--South Africa, Venda (African people)--Music
Description: Hornbostel-Sachs number: 242 Tube- or vessel-kazoos, Height: 21mm (0.8in), Width: 30mm (1.2in), Length: 77mm (2.8in), Place of production: Spelonken (Limpopo, South Africa)
Identifier: islandora:20124

Title: Tsula
Subject: Musical instruments--South Africa, Pedi (African people)--Music
Description: Hornbostel-Sachs number: 421.111.2 Stopped single end-blown flutes, Place of production: Schoonoord (Mpumalanga, South Africa), Sekhukhuneland (South Africa), Limpopo (South Africa)
Identifier: islandora:20063

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