Wind Instrument
P780A
From: Borneo | Dutch East Borneo | Mahakam River
Curatorial Section: Oceanian
Object Number | P780A |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Provenience | Borneo | Dutch East Borneo | Mahakam River |
Section | Oceanian |
Materials | Bamboo | Gourd | Gutta-Percha (uncertain) |
Description | Musical. Kaludi. Kaluri. "[The kaluri] consists of a bottle-shaped gourd with six hollow reed pipes set into the body of it; a finger-hole is cut in each pipe at such a place that the fingers of both hands while holding the instrument can cover all the holes. The middle reed is the longest, and is therefore the bass; it has no finger-hole, but its tone is subdued by a movable cap at the end; the neck of the gourd forms the mouth-piece. The music of a Kaluri somewhat resembles that of organ pipes, perhaps slightly nasal in timbre. . . ." (The Home-Life of Borneo Head-Hunters). Broken into 9 pieces. |
Credit Line | Gift of Alfred C. Harrison Jr. and Dr. H. M. Hiller, 1899 |
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