Zither, a section of bamboo, with three strings split from the body. [MJD 06/10/2014]

Collection type: Object
Description: Zither, a section of bamboo, with three strings split from the body. [MJD 06/10/2014]
Long description: Zither, a section of bamboo, with three strings split from the body. The tube has a carved hole along the base. [MJD 06/10/2014]
Geographical reference: India
Asia > Southern Asia > India; Nagaland Assam Arunachal Pradesh Mizoram Meghalaya
Cultural groups: Thado; Zomi
Person: Field collector John Henry Hutton; PRM source John Henry Hutton
Date / Period: Date made: Before 1918
Date collected: By 1923
Acquisition information: Donated: 1918
Materials and processes: Material Bamboo Plant, Process Split, Process Carved, Process Wedged
Dimensions: Height: max 100 mm, Width: max 100 mm, Length: max 525 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1923.84.368
Research and responses: According to Ethnologue, 'Kuki' is a synonym for both the Thado Chin and the Zome (Zo). However, 'Kuki-Chin' is also an overall Tibeto-Burman linguistic sub-grouping, members of which according to Ethnologue include the Falam Chin, the Anal, the Aimol, the Biete, the Hrangkhol, the Lamkang, the Vaiphei and the Purum. In this latter sense, though, 'Kuki' is a broad linguistic family rather than just one of two ethnic groups. In any case, all these groups are Chin. [SHD 7/6/2000]

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