Skip to content
Pitt Rivers Museum
AboutHire the MuseumNewsletterUniversity of Oxford

1891.55.4

Jew's harp.

On display

1891.55.4

Digital asset copyright: Pitt Rivers Museum, University of Oxford

Terms and Conditions

If you wish to order a high-resolution image and/or licence its use for print or web publication, exhibition, film, promotional product or any other use, whether in the academic or commercial sector of any print run, then please visit photographic services.

Collection type
Object
Description
Jew's harp.
Long description
Jew's harp made from the leaf stalk of a palm, the cortex cut in ornamental patterns, the whole cut from one piece. Loop of untwisted bark string at one end, twisted bark string at the other.
Geographical reference
Malaysia
Asia > South-eastern Asia > Malaysia
Perak
Cultural groups
Semai
Person
Field collector Leonard Wray
PRM source Leonard Wray
Date / Period
Date made: Before 1891
Date collected
By 1891
Acquisition information
Purchased: 11/1891
Materials and processes
Material Palm Leaf Plant, Material Bark Wood Plant, Process Cutwork, Process Decorated, Process Twisted
Dimensions
Length: max 95 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 1891.55.4

Search terms: Music, Musical Instrument, Jews Harp

Further items to explore