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Jew’s harp
This is a mouth-resonated, plucked idiophone with an heteroglot lamella (i.e. lamella attached to frame, not cut from) attached to a frame in the shape of a key-hole. It is entirely made of steel.
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19th century - Maker:
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Colchester and Ipswich Museums - Inventory number:
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England - Hornbostel-Sachs classification:121.221 (Single) heteroglot guimbardes
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- Inscriptions:Stamped on frame: MADE IN / ENGLAND
- Hornbostel-Sachs category:121.221 (Single) heteroglot guimbardes
- Repository:Colchester and Ipswich Museums
- Measurements:Length: 75mm; Width: 48mm; Height: 19mm