Stringed Instrument
50-49-1562
From: Philippine Islands | Northern Luzon
Curatorial Section: Oceanian
| Object Number | 50-49-1562 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Apayao |
| Provenience | Philippine Islands | Northern Luzon |
| Locus | Apayao |
| Section | Oceanian |
| Materials | Bamboo | Peel |
| Description | One longitudinal half of a bamboo internode. hree strings, close together, raised from the epidermis with wooden wedges. Strings lashed to body with coarse fiber at origin points outside of each wedge "bridge." |
| Length | 38.6 cm |
| Width | 6.5 cm |
| Credit Line | Purchased from Misses Elizabeth H. Metcalf and Sarah S. Metcalf, 1950 |
| Other Number | 173 - Other Number |
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