Mouth Organ
82-7-256B
From: Thailand | Sakon Nakhon | Ban Non Sung
Curatorial Section: Asian
| Native Name | Khaen | แคน |
| Object Number | 82-7-256B |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Thai | Isaan |
| Provenience | Thailand | Sakon Nakhon | Ban Non Sung |
| Site Name | Ban Non Sung | บ้านโนนสูง |
| Date Made | 1900-1981 |
| Section | Asian |
| Materials | Copper | Rattan | Wood | Insect Nest Glue |
| Subject | Musical Tools and Equipment |
| Description | Four groups of hollow bamboo shoots bound together. Each group of four is of the same length, and each group is shorter than the previous. One hole is punched into each tube. Towards the even end is a carved, hollowed piece of wood through which each tube passes. The joints of juncture are fixed with a dark substance (khi sut ขี้สูด) a beeswax-type substance from the nest of a small, harmless, bee-link insect. |
| Height | 5.5 cm |
| Length | 109.5 cm |
| Width | 15.5 cm |
| Credit Line | Thai-Lao Ethnographic Expedition, Joyce C. White, 1981 |
| Other Number | 159 - Field Number |
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