Manza dongere MO.0.0.10842

In the RMCA music collection, there are 26 xylophones with wooden keyboards fixed to a main board, with several bridge boards placed between the wooden keys. These xylophones are resonated by calabashes (gourds) and do not produce a mirliton effect (the buzzing effect). The instrument was given the vernacular name 'manza dongere'. The manzas were owned by the chiefs and notables of the Azande people and were used in their court ceremonies.