Jew's harp of bamboo, neatly made, square at wide end; convex surface with incised ornament, stained to throw up the pattern; string with tassels at the end knotted through perforation.

Collection type: Object
Description: Jew's harp of bamboo, neatly made, square at wide end; convex surface with incised ornament, stained to throw up the pattern; string with tassels at the end knotted through perforation.
Geographical reference: Papua New Guinea
Oceania > Melanesia > Papua New Guinea; Indonesia
Asia > South-eastern Asia > Indonesia; West Papua
Person: Maker Unknown Maker; Field collector Unknown Collector; PRM source Augustus Henry Lane Fox Pitt Rivers founding collection
Date / Period: Date made: Possibly before 1881
Date collected: ?Prior to 1881
Acquisition information: Donated: 1884
Materials and processes: Material Bamboo Plant, Material String, Material Pigment, Process Incised, Process Stained, Process Perforated, Process Decorated
Dimensions: Length: max 200 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1884.109.23 PR no.: 420/ 12191

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