Explore

Showing results

Hide images

Percussion instruments → Rattles → Angklung

Angklung

Angklung or sliding rattle, played by shaking it sideways so the tubes vibrate, bamboo tubes of graduated lengths in a framework: Indonesia, Java, 19th century

  • Date:
    19th century
  • Maker:
  • Collection:
    National Museums Scotland
  • Inventory number:
    Loading...
  • Place of production:
    Java, Indonesia, South East Asia, ASIA
  • Culture:
  • Period:
  • Materials:Bamboo
  • Specific materials/techniques:
  • Decorative elements:
  • Inscriptions:
  • Hornbostel-Sachs category:
  • Repository:National Museums Scotland
  • Measurements:Approximate Height 870; Approximate Length 430; Approximate Depth 76mm