Idoma · Otukpo, Benue, Nigeria, Nigeria, Africa
Xylophone
Idiophone (struck)XylophoneMultiple instruments
Summary
Xylophone system reportedly employed by the Idoma people of Nigeria, mentioned in Armstrong (1953).
Bibliography
Armstrong, R. G. (1953). 46. TALKING INSTRUMENTS IN WEST AFRICA. In T. A. Sebeok & J. Umiker-Sebeok (Eds.), Speech Surrogates: Drum and Whistle Systems. 1976. (pp. 865–878). De Gruyter Mouton. https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110804423-017 Blench, R. (1987). Idoma musical instruments. African Music: Journal of the International Library of African Music, 6(4), 42–52. https://doi.org/10.21504/amj.v6i4.1260