基萨安吉 - 美国大都会艺术博物馆展品查阅

品名（中）	基萨安吉
品名（英）	Kisaanji
入馆年号	1889年，89.4.484
策展部门	乐器（Musical Instruments）
创作者
创作年份	公元 1850 - 公元 1900
创作地区	安哥拉（Angola）
分类	惯用电话弹拨/压抑（Idiophone-Plucked / Depressed）
尺寸	10 × 7 1/2 英寸 (25.4 × 19.1 厘米)
介绍（中）	Kisanji（Cisaji），一种有18个舌头的薄片，用蜡调音，和嘎嘎作响的金属环。薄片琴是一个术语，指代由金属细舌或分叉手杖组成的乐器，安装在共鸣板或盒子上。用拇指按下舌头的自由端会产生轻微的铃声，有时通过附着在板上的叮当声来增强，并通过将乐器放在空心葫芦中来放大。调音是通过将舌头滑入或滑出以改变其振动长度来完成的。薄片状音分布在撒哈拉以南的非洲地区，由奴隶带到拉丁美洲。它们以许多名称而闻名，这些名称也可能与木琴共享。大多数名字都有词干，包括：-mbila;-米拉;-林巴;或 -rima。西方人不承认结构的差异，将名称简化为两个区域术语，称它们为mbira或sanza。
介绍（英）	Kisanji (Cisaji), a lamellaphone with 18 tongues tuned with wax, and rattling metal rings. Lamellaphone is a term to designate instruments consisting of thin tongues of metal or split cane, mounted on a resonating board or box. Depressing the free ends of the tongues with the thumbs produces a gentle ringing sound, sometimes augmented by jingling objects attached to the board, and amplified by holding the instrument in a hollow gourd. Tuning is accomplished by sliding the tongues in or out in order to change their vibrating length. Lamellaphones are distributed across sub-Sahara Africa and were brought by slaves to Latin America. They are known by many names that may also be shared with xylophones. Most names have word stems which include: -mbila; -mira; -limba; or -rima. Westerners, not recognizing differences in construction, have simplified the name to two regional terms calling them either mbira or sanza.