Musical Sticks
P1541A
From: Sumatra | West Sumatra | Pagar Ruyong
Curatorial Section: Oceanian
| Native Name | Chelempong |
| Object Number | P1541A |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Minangkebau |
| Provenience | Sumatra | West Sumatra | Pagar Ruyong |
| Date Made | 1901 |
| Section | Oceanian |
| Materials | Bamboo | Peel |
| Description | One of a set of five flat, slightly convex slabs, four bamboo and one wood, presumably once bound together in a row. Chelempong. "The sticks are placed on the extended legs and beaten with a stick, but properly [they are] laid on a pisang fruit stem instead of the legs." Bamboo. |
| Length | 36.8 cm |
| Width | 6.6 cm |
| Thickness | 2 cm |
| Credit Line | Gift of H. M. Hiller and Alfred C. Harrison Jr., 1901 |
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