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Jew's harp (susap)
19th century
Object Place: Papua New Guinea
Medium/Technique
Bamboo
Dimensions
Length 20.5 cm, width 2.9 cm (Length 8 1/16 in., width 1 1/8 in.)
Credit Line
Helen and Alice Colburn Fund
Accession Number1984.285
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsMusical Instruments
ClassificationsMusical instruments – Idiophones
DescriptionCylindrical body of bamboo with cut-away tapered end. Two slender arms and central tongue. Etched herringbone designs on surface. Hole with old cord at wide end.
Provenance1984, sold by Douglas Deihl, Northampton, Massachusetts, to the MFA. (Accession Date: June 13, 1984)