Musical Sticks

P1541B

From: Sumatra | West Sumatra | Pagar Ruyong

Curatorial Section: Oceanian

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Native Name Chelempong
Object Number P1541B
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Minangkebau
Provenience Sumatra | West Sumatra | Pagar Ruyong
Date Made 1901
Section Oceanian
Materials Bamboo | Peel
Description

One of a set of five flat, slightly convex slabs, four bamboo and one wood, presumably once bound together in a row. Chelempong. "The sticks are placed on the extended legs and beaten with a stick, but properly [they are] laid on a pisang fruit stem instead of the legs." Bamboo.

Length 39.1 cm
Width 6.8 cm
Thickness 1.5 cm
Credit Line Gift of H. M. Hiller and Alfred C. Harrison Jr., 1901

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