EditorialChana Ratsami plays a Thai xylophone in his home in the Bangkok Noi district of Bangkok, the capital of Thailand, on March 22, 2022. (Adam Dean/The New York Times)
EditorialXylophone, probably South African, 19th century, probably South Africa, probably South African, Wood, leather, L. 115 cm (45-5/16 in.); W. 38 cm (14-15/16 in.), Idiophone-Struck-bar-wood.
EditorialXylophone, probably South African, 19th century, probably South Africa, probably South African, Wood, leather, L. 115 cm (45-5/16 in.); W. 38 cm (14-15/16 in.), Idiophone-Struck-bar-wood.
EditorialNatives of the Kingdom of Kongo (Congo) playing various musical instruments and dancing. A gourd-resonated xylophone marimba, a drum ngamba, double bell longa, and two percussion scrapers, kasuto and kilondo. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Anton...
EditorialNatives of the Kingdom of Kongo (Congo) playing various musical instruments and dancing. A gourd-resonated xylophone marimba, a drum ngamba, double bell longa, and two percussion scrapers, kasuto and kilondo. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Anton...