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Jew's harp (susap)
about 1930
Object Place: Papua New Guinea
Medium/Technique
Bamboo
Dimensions
Length 20 cm, width 2.1 cm (Length 7 7/8 in., width 13/16 in.)
Credit Line
Helen and Alice Colburn Fund
Accession Number1984.284
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsMusical Instruments
ClassificationsMusical instruments – Idiophones
DescriptionCylindrical body of bamboo with cut-away tapered end. Two slender arms (bound together at end) and free central tongue. Pokerwork geometric designs on surface. Hole for cord at wide end.
ProvenanceBefore 1979, private collection of New Guinea material compiled about 1930, New York; about 1979, Lillian Caplin, Center for Musical Antiquities, New York; before 1984, sold by Caplin to Douglas Deihl, Northampton, Massachusetts; 1984, sold by Deihl to the MFA. (Accession Date: June 13, 1984)