Lamellaphone (Thumb Piano): 5-Tine Marimba on eBay.ca (item 310178669017 end time 07-Nov-09 17:20:59 EST)


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100% of the final sale price will support Kwaze-Kwasa [USA] Inc (Small deduction may apply. Learn more)

About this nonprofit:
Provide employment by contracting indigenous art from the poor communities of Sub-Saharan Africa. Funds raised by selling the art online worldwide. Profits support secular, grass roots locally-owned AIDS projects in those communities. Emphasis on home-based HIV+/AIDS patient hospice care and the care of orphans and abandoned HIV+ babies/infants (vulnerable at-risk children).

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STONE ART	NATURAL FIBER PRODUCTS	HOME DECOR	BATIKS & PAINTINGS	ORIGINALS [one-of-a-kind]
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Store home BASKETS BATIKS & PAINTINGS COLLECTIBLES DINING ACCESSORIES DONATIONS ETHNIC JEWELRY HOME DECOR INDIGENOUS DOLLS INDIGENOUS TOYS MASKS & WALL PLAQUES METAL & WIRE ART NATURAL FIBER PRODUCTS STONE ART TRADITIONAL MUSIC INSTRUMENTS UNIQUE ARTIFACT UNISEX JEWELRY WOOD CARVINGS Other

Made from a calabash (for resonance) with steel tines (lamella) on a wood base, this lamellaphone (thumb piano) is called a ‘marimba’; a name more commonly associated with Shona xylophone style instruments. A traditional percussion musical instrument from South Africa, played with both thumbs that pluck its metal keys. A personal instrument played quietly by the owner and not as one would think in a marimba band.

Selling for more than $40 in the USA, we are able to offer them at moderate prices by contracting directly with the artisan at fair trade prices. Finely handcrafted from natural vegetation, variations in size, shape, and color from the generic listing photograph will occur. Satisfaction guaranteed!

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100% of the net proceeds are donated to Kwaze-Kwasa [USA] Inc. a registered USA nonprofit (public charity) 501(c)(3).

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