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Dimensions: 24\" l., 12\" w., 6\" h.
Our version of the enlarged form of the so-called \"thumb piano\" is modeled on thekongomaof Sierra Leone. It features 8 metal keys mounted on a rectangular wooden box resonator.
Similar forms of the instrument also occur under various names elsewhere in West Africa -- including bongo andgongoma(Senegal), agidigbo (Nigeria), andprempensua (Ghana) -- as well in parts of the Caribbean, where it is known variously asmarimbulaandmarimbola(Cuba and the Dominican Republic, respectively),manimbaandmanouba(Haiti), Mento box and Rhumba box (Jamaica), and bass box (Trinidad and Tobago).
![Sierra Leone-style \](img-large/g/i6UAAeSwaXJpLIbA/s-l1600/Sierra-Leone-style-thumb-piano-kongoma-large.jpg "Sierra Leone-style \")
