Url https://omeka-s.grinnell.edu/s/MusicalInstruments/item/2664 Resource class wmi:MusicalInstrument Title zaabia Subject 112.13 Contributor Toby Austin, Roger Vetter Date 1993 Type Dagbamba Format 12.6 in. height Identifier 6014 Source West Africa Language EN Coverage Ghana Medium gourd seeds Requires 1 Is Part Of Grinnell College Music Instrument Collection Spatial Coverage Africa Provenance Vetter collection Basic form of sonorous object/s for idiophone hollow spheroid vessel - closed Sound objects per instrument for idiophone one Resonator design for idiophone sonorous object itself is a general resonating space Number of players for idiophone one Sounding principle for idiophone striking - indirect Sound exciting agent for idiophone beater/s - pellet/s, seed/s, bead/s inside closed vessel/s Energy input motion by performer for idiophone stamping and shaking Pitch of sound produced for idiophones indefinite pitch Sound modification for idiophones none Category of Instrument idiophone --