Object Number | P1538 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Provenience | Sumatra |
Date Made | 1901 |
Section | Oceanian |
Materials | Wood | Plant Fiber |
Description | Rau-rau.? Per Musical Instrument Card: extended ovular body flat on front and back sides, with long neck of different piece of wood. Peg box extends out to form lateral ridge at front and above the peg box the neck flattens to (see card) shaped end - slight ridge down center of top neck piece. 2 crude lateral pegs. A cord is attached through holes in top and side surfaces near neck on both sides of body to which is also attached a black wooden frog. A peg extends through the sides of the body near neck. Good condition. Strings borken. |
Length | 102 cm |
Width | 19.5 cm |
Depth | 4.5 cm |
Credit Line | Gift of H. M. Hiller and Alfred C. Harrison Jr., 1901 |
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