No. SUBSAH-012
The Humming Wood of Djenné
Mali · Mopti Region · Djenne · West Africa
Function not recorded
Source term: Bromhout
A small leaf-shaped blade, 11.1 by 4 centimetres, from Djenné, the old mud-built trading city on the inland Niger delta in Mali's Mopti region. It reached the Musical Instruments Museum in Brussels before 1977 under the Dutch name bromhout, "humming wood": brom for the drone, hout for the wood.
Particulars
- Object
- Leaf-shaped blade with a rounded lower end, 11.1 × 4 cm.
- Function
- Not recorded.
Source
Musical Instruments Museum, Brussels (MIM/RMAH), 1977.011-02, 'Bromhout' (Djenné, Mopti Region, Mali, before 1977)