Skip to content
Pitt Rivers Museum
AboutHire the MuseumNewsletterUniversity of Oxford

1923.86.538

Harp like instrument of wood with rectangular resonator with five strings of creeper plant secured to uprights tenoned into resonator.

1923.86.538

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
Harp like instrument of wood with rectangular resonator with five strings of creeper plant secured to uprights tenoned into resonator.
Geographical reference
Malaysia
Asia > South-eastern Asia > Malaysia
Sarawak
Cultural groups
Iban
Date / Period
Date made: Before 1923
Date collected
By 1923
Acquisition information
Donated: 1923
Materials and processes
Material Wood Plant, Material Pitch, Material Creeper Plant, Process Carpentered, Process Hollowed, Process Covered, Process Perforated, Process Tied
Dimensions
Height: max 350 mm, Length: max 830 mm, Depth: max 190 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 1923.86.538

Search terms: Music, Musical Instrument, Harp

Further items to explore