bamboo tube zither with ring of woven abacá (Manila hemp/banana) and glass trade beads: padang Tagabawa Bagobo, c.1940 - 1970
Donor:
Estate of Kenneth W. Payne, Kenneth W. Payne, and Peter Goldblum
Collection place:
Mindanao Island, Mindanao island group, Philippines
Verbatim coll. place:
Tagabawa Bagobo, S.E. Mindanao, Philippinjes
Culture or time period:
Bagobo
Collector:
Kenneth W. Payne
Materials:
Banana fiber (manila hemp is a type of buff-colored fiber obtained from musa textilis, a relative of edible bananas, which is also called manila hemp as well as abacá.) and Glass (material) (beads)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Zithers
Function:
5.4 Secular and Religious Musical Instruments
Production date:
ca. 1940-1970
Accession date:
November 15, 2016
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Dimensions:
measured by appraisers— length 20.25 inches, measured by appraisers— diameter 3 inches, whole— depth 2.75 inches, whole— length 20.25 inches, and whole— width 3 inches