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Object Number 04-19-70/63106
Display Title Hasapi
Descriptions
Indigenous Term Hasapi
Object Description Hasapi. Pear-shaped plucked lute; handle and resonating chamber cut from single piece of wood; two strings suspended over neck between bridge and tuning pegs; decorative floral carving under fingerboard.
Inventory Description String instrument, carved wood, carved cut-outs on back of neck, two pegs, strin
Classification
  • String
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Dyak
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Malaysia / Borneo
Additional Geographic Terms Baram
Dimensions Overall: 90.5 x 16.2 x 10.4 cm (35 5/8 x 6 3/8 x 4 1/8 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 63106
Provenance
Collector Mr. Hose
Collector Alfred Craven Harrison Jr.
Collector H. M. Miller
Collector Dr. William H. Furness, III

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