Musical wind instrument

Museum number:
9-17275
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
54 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.3934
Description:
Musical wind instrument, 6 hollow rods of varying lengths originally held together by pitch, rods running through middle of gourd. Now gourd broken & some rods split. (Shortest)rod L. 33 cm., (longest) rod L. 59 cm.
Donor:
Beth Harnex MacLafferty Blake
Collection place:
Vietnam
Verbatim coll. place:
Vietnam
Materials:
Bamboo (material)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Musical instruments
Function:
5.4 Secular and Religious Musical Instruments
Accession date:
April 1, 1984
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Musical wind instrument, accession number 9-17275, described as Musical wind instrument, 6 hollow rods of varying lengths originally held together by pitch, rods running through middle of gourd. Now gourd broken & some rods split. (Shortest)rod L. 33 cm., (longest) rod L. 59 cm.

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