Jew's-Harp Of Wood (Mokuri)
date: label: Accession Date
content: 27 Nov 1875
name: label: Donor Name
content: Gen. Horace Capron
notes: label: Notes
content: FROM CARD: "MADE FROM A SLAB OR OUTSIDE SECTION OF BAMBOO. THE TONGUE AND FRAME ARE MADE OF ONE PIECE AND UNITED AT BASE OF TONGUE, TWO INCHES OF THE TONGUE OR ONE HALF ITS LENGTH FROM ITS BASE IS 1/4 INCH WIDE AND SHOWED THIN TO MAKE IT FLEXIBLE. ONLY THE CORTEX IS LEFT. THE OTHER HALF OF TONGUE IS A SIXTEENTH OF AN INCH WIDE. A HALF INCH FROM BASE OF TONGUE A SMALL HOLE IS MADE IN IT. A PIECE OF SINEW 7 IN. LONG IS PASSED THROUGH THIS HOLE AND A KNOT TIED IN ITS END. TO THE OTHER END OF THE SINEW A SMALL CROSS BAR OF BAMBOO ABOUT THE SIZE OF A NOTCH SPLINT IS FASTENED; BY JIRKING OR TWANGING THIS STRING THE TONGUE IS MADE TO VIBRATE. THERE IS A NARROW OPEN SPACE BETWEEN TONGUE AND FRAME THROUGHOUT ITS LENGTH ABOVE ITS BASE."
label: Record Last Modified
content: 11 Nov 2022
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Japan, Asia
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Ainu
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 75A00066
label: USNM Number
content: E19412-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Mouth Harp