Gong Harmonium (Khong Yai) Circular Brass Gong
date: label: Accession Date
content: 1876
name: label: Donor Name
content: Philadelphia Centennial International Exhibition, Royal Siamese Commission
notes: label: Notes
content: FROM CARD: "THE FRAME CONSISTS OF FOUR BENT C SHAPED OR OPEN HOOPS OF WOOD, ORNAMENTED IN PAIRS, ONE INSIDE THE OTHER AND THE PAIRS PLACED ABOVE EACH OTHER. THE FOUR ARE BUILT INTO A VERTICAL AND HORIZONTAL CROSS BARS OF TWINED WOOD, BETWEEN THE TWO UPPER BENT HOOPS ARE STRUNG SIXTEEN METAL GONGS OF GRADUATED SIZES, EACH ONE CIRCULAR. WITH A RAISED HEMISPHERICAL BODY IN THE CENTER OF ITS FACE THE EDGE IN TURNED BACK AT A LITTLE MORE THAN A RIGHT ANGLE, FORMING A RIM FROM ONE TO ONE AND A HALF INCHES DEEP. FOUR SMALL HOLES ARE MADE IN PAIRS OPPOSITE EACH OTHER IN THE RIM BY WHICH THEY ARE SUSPENDED BY CORDS BETWEEN THE UPPER PAIR OF CONCENTRIC HOOPS OF THE FRAME. WHEN PLAYED THE FRAME RESTS ON THE FLOOR AND THE PERFORMER SQUATS WITHIN THE FRAME AND STRIKES THE GONGS WITH TWO DRUMSTICKS HAVING DISH LIKE HEADS ABOUT TWO INCHES IN DIAMETER AND HALF AN INCH THICK. ITEM SHOWN WITH FIGURE (32" SITTING HEIGHT)."
label: Notes
content: 3 parts: Instrument and 2 beaters.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 17 Oct 2017
label: Specimen Count
content: 3
place: label: Place
content: Thailand, Asia
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Siamese
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 005318
label: USNM Number
content: E27316-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Gong
physicalDescription: label: Diameter - Object
content: 5 cm
label: Unknown - Thick
content: 1.3 cm