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Object Number 991-2-70/5628
Display Title Mouth harp
Descriptions
Object Description Mouth-harp, "uruding", made from the rib of a "polod" leaf and a bee excretion.
Inventory Description Mouth harp, bamboo strip, tapered ends, cut-out center, resin nodes
Classification
  • String
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Rungus Dusun
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Malaysia / Borneo / Sabah
Additional Geographic Terms Matunggong
Dimensions Overall: 18.8 x 1 x 1.4 cm (7 3/8 x 3/8 x 9/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 991-2-70/5628
Provenance
Collector Charity R. Appell (1990 - 1/2/1991)
Donor Charity R. Appell (1990 - 1/2/1991)

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