Kalanba

Kalanba xylophone of the Togbo and Mono of the Congo, with 10 hardwood slabs all the same length but of different thicknesses, and calabash resonators. A small lateral hole bored near the tip of the resonators is covered with a thin membrane, a *mirliton device. Also called karangba (31). Boone, Olga. “Les Xylophones du Congo Belge,” Annales du Musée du Congo Belge, Ethnographie, Series III. Tervueren, 1936.