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Arched harp
Arched harp. The body is one segment of giant bamboo, with wooden neck and soundboard made from a biscuit tin. With six nylon guitar strings from Bangkok, purchased by the collector, Jonathan Hugh-Jones.
- Date:
1987 - Maker:
- Collection:
Horniman Museum and Gardens - Inventory number:
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Myanmar - Hornbostel-Sachs classification:322.11 Arched harps
- Culture:Karen
- Period:
- Materials:wood, nylon, tin, nylon, tin, bamboo
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- Inscriptions:
- Hornbostel-Sachs category:322.11 Arched harps
- Repository:Horniman Museum and Gardens
- Measurements:overall: 661 mm x 517 mm x 156 mm