Rebab

Museum number:

18-286a-f

Permalink:

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Accession number:

Acc.2028

Description:

Rebab (2-stringed musical instrument played like a cello); A) elaborately turned soundbox with parchment head; cloth & tassel trim; length 29.5 inches; B) turned elongating wood piece, length 12.5 inches; C-D) tuning pegs, each 10.25 inches long; E) bridge; length 5 inches; F) bow, length 22 inches. Several parts are missing.

Donor:

James P. Heath and Ruth Mary Heath

Collection place:

Java, Indonesia

Verbatim coll. place:

Indonesia; Java, Jogjakarta; Surakarta att.

Collector:

James P. Heath and Ruth Mary Heath

Collection date:

1960-1962

Materials:

Cloth, Horsehair, Parchment (animal material), Teak (wood), and Teak (wood) ("assam wood")

Object type:

ethnography

Object class:

Rebabs (spike fiddles)

Function:

5.4 Secular and Religious Musical Instruments

Production date:

after 1950

Accession date:

1965

Context of use:

Used in central Javanese classical orchestral music (gamelan); musician sits cross-legged, rebab rests with its pedestal on floor and is held vertically. This example made post-1950.

Department:

Asia (except western Russia)

Loans:

S1974-1975 #4: University Art Museum (UC Berkeley) (July 19, 1974–February 7, 1975), S1974-1975 #67: Civic Arts Center (Walnut Creek) (February 5, 1975–May 7, 1975), S1977-1978 #2: Music Library (UC Berkeley) (July 27, 1977–October 6, 1977), and S1983-1984 #24: Merritt College (October 26, 1983–March 26, 1984)

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