String instrument (musical) & bow. Long hollow cylinder. Finger board is formed by pegs held in place by pitch. 2 pegs (each with one pointed end) run through the middle of cylinder near top. Gourd is attached to bottom of cylinder by multicolored (faded) striped cott
Donor:
Beth Harnex MacLafferty Blake
Collection place:
Cambodia
Verbatim coll. place:
Cambodia
Culture or time period:
Cambodian
Collection date:
1954-1959
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Chordophones (stringed instruments)
Function:
5.4 Secular and Religious Musical Instruments
Accession date:
April 1, 1984
Context of use:
(descrip) 1 broken wire,1 taut & in place.Bow is slightly bent, smoothed rod (dark wood),flattened in middle.Cylinder L. 112.5 cm, Bow L. 84 cm. Gourd is cracked.