Mouth Harp (Sipeorohe)
date: label: Accession Date
content: 17 May 2017
label: Collection Date
content: 16 Jan 2011
name: label: Collector
content: Cristián Samper
label: Donor Name
content: Cristián Samper
notes: label: Notes
content: Length of bamboo, cut on a long diagonal, creating a long tapered end. Two parallel lines are cut along the length, creating a "reed". The other end is wider, and cut so that it forms triangular pieces on the top and bottom (which together look somewhat like an bird's open mouth). The handle is a single string attached through a hole at this wider end.
label: Notes
content: Curator Joshua Bell's notes: Cost, 10 kina. The harp is made of bamboo and known as sipeorohe. Kelatane, from Goroka, made and sold this harp [to the donor, Dr. Samper]
label: Record Last Modified
content: 11 Nov 2022
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Goroka, Eastern Highlands, Papua New Guinea, Melanesia
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Goroka
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 2058388
label: USNM Number
content: E435194-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Mouth Harp
physicalDescription: label: Length
content: 24 cm
label: Length - String
content: 27 cm
label: Width - Wider End
content: 3 cm
label: Width - Narrower End
content: 1 cm