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Jew's harp (susap)
1900–50
Object Place: Goroka, Papua New Guinea
Medium/Technique
Bamboo
Dimensions
Length 24 cm, width 2.7 cm (Length 9 7/16 in., width 1 1/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Governor Carlton Skinner and Solange Skinner
Accession Number2002.781
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CollectionsMusical Instruments
ClassificationsMusical instruments – Idiophones
DescriptionCylindrical body of bamboo with cut-away tapered end. Two slender arms and central tongue. Etched geometric designs on surface. Hole with old cord at wide end.
ProvenanceAbout 1967, gift of a villager in the Goroka area of Papua New Guinea to Solange Petit-Skinner, Boston; 2002, year-end gift of Carlton Skinner and Solange Skinner to the MFA. (Accession Date: January 22, 2003)