Mouth harp, "mukkuri"
date: label: Accession Date
content: 16 Jun 2005
name: label: Donor Name
content: National Museum of Natural History
notes: label: Notes
content: Musical instrument. A thin piece of bamboo with a semi-detached reed carved into the center. According to Chisato Dubreuil, the player firmly places it on the left cheek, beneath the teeth, and plays it by pulling the string to vibrate the reed. Made for sale to tourists. Brought from Japan as educational prop for the exhibit opening of the 1999 NMNH exhibit "Ainu: Spirit of a Northern People", unused when collected.
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
setName: label: See more items in
content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 2026093
label: USNM Number
content: E430675-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Mouth Harp
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 15.5 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 1.3 cm
label: Height - Object
content: 0.5 cm