COLLECTION NAME:
The AMICA Library
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AMICO~1~1
The AMICA Library
Collection
true
AMICA ID:
MMA_.89.4.492
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MMA_.89.4.492
AMICA ID
false
AMICA Library Year:
2000
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2000
AMICA Library Year
false
Object Type:
Decorative Arts and Utilitarian Objects
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Decorative Arts and Utilitarian Objects
Object Type
false
Creator Nationality:
African; West African; Gambian; Mandinka; Malinke
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African; West African; Gambian; Mandinka; Malinke
Creator Nationality
false
Creator Role:
Maker
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Maker
Creator Role
false
Creator Name-CRT:
Made by Mandinka people
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Made by Mandinka people
Creator Name-CRT
false
Title:
Balo
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Balo
Title
false
Title Type:
Object name
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Object name
Title Type
false
View:
Detail
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Detail
View
false
Creation Date:
19th century
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19th century
Creation Date
false
Creation Start Date:
1800
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1800
Creation Start Date
false
Creation End Date:
1899
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1899
Creation End Date
false
Materials and Techniques:
Wood, gourd, hide, membrane
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Wood, gourd, hide, membrane
Materials and Techniques
false
Classification Term:
Idiophone/struck/tonal
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Idiophone/struck/tonal
Classification Term
false
Classification Term:
Xylophone
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Xylophone
Classification Term
false
Dimensions:
H. 8 5/8 in. (22 cm); L. 34 in. (86.5 cm); D. 17 7/8 in. (45.5 cm)
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H. 8 5/8 in. (22 cm); L. 34 in. (86.5 cm); D. 17 7/8 in. (45.5 cm)
Dimensions
false
AMICA Contributor:
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
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The Metropolitan Museum of Art
AMICA Contributor
false
Owner Location:
New York, New York, USA
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New York, New York, USA
Owner Location
false
ID Number:
89.4.492
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89.4.492
ID Number
false
Credit Line:
The Crosby Brown Collection of Musical Instruments, 1889
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The Crosby Brown Collection of Musical Instruments, 1889
Credit Line
false
Rights:
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<a href="http://www.metmuseum.org/"target="_new">http://www.metmuseum.org/</a>
Rights
false
Context:
This balo is a xylophone with 15 gourd-resonated bars of wood. Among the Manding peoples, professional male musicians play such xylophones to accompany praise songs in a manner akin to music of the kora. Each hand holds a rubber-tipped mallet and bells are strapped to the player's wrist to add rhythmic emphasis. A sound modifier is affixed over the holes located under the bars in the side of each gourd located. In old examples such as this one, the modifier, which produces a buzzing sound essential to the African music aesthetic, is made of a membrane from a spider's-egg case. Today, makers use a more durable and accessible material-cigarette paper.
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<P>This balo is a xylophone with 15 gourd-resonated bars of wood. Among the Manding peoples, professional male musicians play such xylophones to accompany praise songs in a manner akin to music of the kora. Each hand holds a rubber-tipped mallet and bells are strapped to the player's wrist to add rhythmic emphasis. A sound modifier is affixed over the holes located under the bars in the side of each gourd located. In old examples such as this one, the modifier, which produces a buzzing sound essential to the African music aesthetic, is made of a membrane from a spider's-egg case. Today, makers use a more durable and accessible material-cigarette paper.</P>
Context
false
Related Image Identifier Link:
MMA_.mi89.4.492.AV1.tif
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MMA_.mi89.4.492.AV1.tif
Related Image Identifier Link
false