Url
	https://omeka-s.grinnell.edu/s/MusicalInstruments/item/2668
Resource class
	wmi:MusicalInstrument
Title
	likembe
Subject
	122.12
Contributor
	Toby Austin, Roger Vetter
Type
	Luba
Format
	9 in. height (first instrument)
13.5 in. height (second instrument)

Identifier
	6022 
	6151
Source
	Central Africa
Language
	EN
Coverage
	Democratic Republic of the Congo
Alternative Title
	dikembe
	ikembe
	lukeme
	esanji
	chisanji
	kisaanj
Medium
	metal
	wood
	beeswax
Requires
	1
Is Part Of
	Grinnell College Music Instrument Collection
Spatial Coverage
	Africa
Provenance
	Vetter collection
Basic form of sonorous object/s for idiophone
	tongue - heteroglot
Sound objects per instrument for idiophone
	multiple sounded discretely
Resonator design for idiophone
	separate resonating space shared by multiple sonorous objects - built into instrument
Number of players for idiophone
	one
Sounding principle for idiophone
	flexing - direct
Sound exciting agent for idiophone
	fingertip/s, fingernail/s, finger-mounted pick/s
Energy input motion by performer for idiophone
	plucking
Pitch of sound produced for idiophones
	definite pitch
Sound modification for idiophones
	changing acoustical shape of resonator with fingerhole/s
Category of Instrument
	idiophone

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