"Culang" Wooden Jewsharp
date: label: Accession Date
content: 1858
label: Collection Date
content: 1838 to 1842
name: label: Collector
content: Lt. Augustus L. Case
label: Donor Name
content: United States Exploring Expedition
notes: label: Notes
content: FROM CARD: "A SLIP OF BAMBOO. TWO-THIRDS OF ITS LENGTH FORMS THE HANDLE. THE BODY IS DIVIDED INTO THREE PARTS, ABOUT THE SAME WIDTH BY THREE SLITS. THE TONGUE OR REED HAS ONE-HALF ITS LENGTH WIDER THAN THE OTHER. THE JAWS ARE THE OUTER PARTS OF THE SLIP AT THE HEAD. THEY ARE JOINED BY A SOLID PIECE AROUND THE TONGUE. ON THE BACK SIDE THE THICKNESS OF THE BASE OF THE TONGUE IS AT SLOPED WIDEST END AND IS CONNECTED WITH THE SOLID PIECE THAT CONNECTS THE JAWS. THE TIP OF THE TONGUE IS FREE AND TOWARDS THE HANDLE. THE PORTIONS OF THE JAWS ALONGSIDE THE WIDE PORTION OF THE TONGUE ARE SHOWED THIN TO MAKE THEM FLEXIBLE. PROJECTING FROM THE SOLID PART WHICH CONNECTS THE OUTER END OF THE JAWS, IS A SHORT SPUR. THIS IS VIBRATED BY THE FINGER WHEN THE INSTRUMENT IS PLAYED. THIS INSTRUMENT DIFFERS FROM THE COMMON JEW'S HARP IN THAT THE JAWS INSTEAD OF THE TONGUE ARE VIBRATED BY THE FINGER. ILLUS. IN PROCEEDINGS, USNM, FOL. 60; ART. 9; PL. 43, NO. 17; P. 48."
label: Notes
content: Hss original Peale # label. Has incised and wood burned decoration.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 27 Apr 2025
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Sulu Islands, Philippines
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Moro
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 66A00050
label: USNM Number
content: E5692-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Mouth Harp
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 31.3 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 1.8 cm