Mouth-Organ "Khen" Or "Kan" Or "Kaan"
date: label: Accession Date
content: 1 Mar 1990
label: Collection Date
content: 1971 to 1973
name: label: Collector
content: D. M. Clore
label: Donor Name
content: Jeremy A. Clore
notes: label: Notes
content: TWO ROWS OF BAMBOO TUBES OF DIFFERENT LENGTHS, EACH ROW OF SEVEN TUBES TIED TOGETHER WITH BAMBOO STRIPS. BAMBOO THIN-WALLED WITH BURNT AREAS (CAUSED BY "TOASTING" METHOD OF DRYING STEMS). CENTRAL MOUTHPIECE OF HARD WOOD (PROBABLY WALNUT) ATTACHED WITH WAX-LIKE SUBSTANCE. SMALL, CIRCULAR FINGER HOLES NEAR MOUTHPIECE ON OUTER SURFACE. RECTANGULAR HOLES ON INTERIOR SURFACE. "IT WAS MADE BY ON OF THE FEW OLD MEN IN THE KINGDOM WHO HAD THE SKILL TO MAKE THEM (MOUTH-ORGANS) AND THE KNOWLEDGE CONCERNING THE SPECIAL WOOD, GUM, AND BAMBOO FROM WHICH THEY ARE MADE."(EXCERPT FROM COLLECTOR'S LETTER OF SEPT. 7, 1984; SEE ACCESSION FILE).
label: Record Last Modified
content: 25 Jul 2019
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Laos, Asia
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 364319
label: USNM Number
content: E424025-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Mouth Organ
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 120.85 cm