Stringed Instrument
P775
From: Borneo | Sarawak
Curatorial Section: Oceanian
| Object Number | P775 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Iban |
| Provenience | Borneo | Sarawak |
| Section | Oceanian |
| Materials | Wood | Reptile Skin | Peel | Gourd |
| Description | Musical. Two stringed fiddle. Circular body, covered with snake skin that is covered in peel. Body is made of coconut. Wooden neck is inserted through the body. Two tuning pegs with flattened heads. The upper end of the neck is taken off but carved. |
| Height | 5 cm |
| Length | 64 cm |
| Width | 15 cm |
| Credit Line | Gift of Dr. William H. Furness 3rd., 1898 |
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