Jew's harp
- Museum number
- Oc1990,09.586
- Description
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Jew's harp, made from half section of bamboo; cord attached to hole bored through base; fibre binding at distal end, beyond the lamella; surface decorated with pokerwork design.
- Production date
- 20thC
- Dimensions
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Length: 25 centimetres (excluding cord. Object attached to 1990,09.587. Measurement is for .586 only)
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Width: 2.50 centimetres (Object attached to 1990,09.587. Measurement is for .586 only)
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Depth: 1.50 centimetres (Object attached to 1990,09.587. Measurement is for .586 only)
- Curator's comments
- Jew’s harp (‘tambarl’ in the Wahgi language) purchased from Paple Kerenga, of the Sekaka sub-group Akilkanem Milmekanem. Such harps are played for entertainment, generally by men. Paple made this flute himself, to sell to me. For an account of the making of the collection of which this is part see ‘Paradise: portraying the New Guinea Highlands’ by Michael O’Hanlon (British Museum Press, 1993).
Attached to Oc1990,09.587
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 1990
- Department
- Africa, Oceania and the Americas
- Registration number
- Oc1990,09.586
- Additional IDs
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Miscellaneous number: 539 (field collection number)
