Url
	https://omeka-s.grinnell.edu/s/MusicalInstruments/item/2379
Resource class
	wmi:MusicalInstrument
Title
	chigufe
Subject
	421.13
Contributor
	Toby Austin, Roger Vetter
Type
	Shona
	Ndau
	Chopi
Format
	2.6 in. diameter
Identifier
	7100
Source
	East Africa
Language
	EN
Coverage
	Zimbabwe
	Mozambique
Alternative Title
	damba
	chigowilo
Medium
	shell - fruit
Requires
	1
Is Part Of
	Grinnell College Music Instrument Collection
Spatial Coverage
	Africa
Provenance
	Perman collection
Air cavity design for aerophones
	globular vessel
Source and direction of airstream
	player exhalation through mouth into air cavity; unidirectional
Energy transducer that activates sound for aerophones
	beveled edge in wall of instrument, directly blown against
Means of modifying shape and dimensions of standing wave in air cavity for aerophones
	opening fingerholes to reduce space or shorten length of standing wave in air cavity
Overblowing utilization in aerophones
	not used
Pitch production in aerophones
	multiple pitches - changing length/shape of standing wave within single cavity with fingerholes
Category of Instrument
	aerophone

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