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Mouth organ
Mouth organ, local name lachi. Gourd wind chamber with integral mouthpipe. Five bamboo pipes are fixed into the gourd with black wax, each with a fingerhole. The pipes act as acoustic couplers to the free reeds that are set into them within the gourd.
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circa 2000 - Maker:
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Horniman Museum and Gardens - Inventory number:
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North Thailand - Hornbostel-Sachs classification:412.132 Sets of free reeds
- Culture:Akha
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- Hornbostel-Sachs category:412.132 Sets of free reeds
- Repository:Horniman Museum and Gardens
- Measurements:overall: 407 mm x 234 mm x 94 mm