Instrument

Museum number:
9-17906
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Accession number:
Acc.4219
Description:
Reed organ, bamboo; has six reeds; reeds have small holes burnt into them & slots cut out of them; each reed:1 cm.in diam.(aver.); reeds held together by split bamboo(?), mastic & piece of carved light weight wood; wood hollowed out allowing reeds to pass through at 90 deg. angle; overall shape of wood is ovaline with one end flat (end blown into to play organ), other having thin round protrusion; small blocks of wood between reeds to hold ends of split binding material. 49.7 cm. long (longest reed) to 38.4 cm. long (shortest)
Donor:
Beth Harnex MacLafferty Blake
Collection place:
Laos
Verbatim coll. place:
Laos;; Khene
Collection date:
1954-1959
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Reed organs
Function:
5.4 Secular and Religious Musical Instruments
Accession date:
March 11, 1987
Context of use:
(descrp)...overall shape of wood is oval w/1 end flat (end blown into), other having thin round protrusion;small blocks of wood btwn. reeds to hold ends of split binding mat.;longest reed 49.7 cm....
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Instrument, accession number 9-17906, described as Reed organ, bamboo; has six reeds; reeds have small holes burnt into them & slots cut out of them; each reed:1 cm.in diam.(aver.); reeds held together by split bamboo(?), mastic & piece of carved light weight wood; wood hollowed out allowing reeds to pass through at 90 deg. angle; overall shape of wood is ovaline with one end flat (end blown into to play organ), other having thin round protrusion; small blocks of wood between reeds to hold ends of split binding material. 49.7 cm. long (longest reed) to 38.4 cm. long (shortest)

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