Description (Labels & Markings)
Historic label adhered to gourd reads: "Zimba or Kafir mu... [label missing]...strument, attached to gourd sounding box".
Event Date
Author: Eleanor Beestin-Sheriff

Description (Labels & Markings)
Handwritten label attached to object reads: 'Bought Jennings Feb.1925' and '?Rhodesia'.
Event Date
Author: Mark Elliott

Context (Amendments / updates)
Two catalogue cards.
Event Date
Author: maa

Description (Physical description)
Catalogue card description for 1925.428: 'Zimba - Kaffir musical instrument with gourd sounding board'.

Event Date 1925
Author: maa

Description (Physical description)
Gourd is cracked with original repairs.
Event Date 1/8/2003
Author: Mark Elliott

Description (Physical description)
A wooden sanza with a gourd resonator. The sanza consists of a wooden board with raised sides and a hole in the middle, and nine metal keys held in place with a metal bar and copper wire. It is attached with a hide thong to a squat, round gourd resonator, that is dark orange in colour and decorated with an incised crosshatched design. There is a large circular hole in the top of the gourd, and the opening is lined with red and white fabric padding, held in place with metal wire. The gourd is cracked, ad has been repaired with ornate braided stitching.
Event Date 6/1/2023
Author: Eleanor Beestin-Sheriff