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Pī a

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The Cambodian double-reed instrument pī a, or pey prabauh, has a characteristic cylindrical central bore. The mouthpiece of this woodwind instrument with a double reed is around eight centimetres long and is scraped from the prabauh water plant. The instrument has seven frontal tone holes and a thumb hole between the first and second tone hole. Above the first tone hole is a resonance box that has been reduced in size with wax and covered with cigarette paper. The private collector acquired the piece in 2003 near Angkor Wat from a musician who justified the covers as follows: "It sounds better this way!";

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Cataloguing data

Object type
musical instruments
Dimensions
Height: 40 cm
Depth: 2 cm
Width: 3 cm
Material/Technique
Wood, Textile, Plant material , Paper, Resin
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
VII c 966

Provenance and sources

  • Production
    where
    Asia
    Cambodia
    Ankor Wat
  • Collecting
    who
    Christian Schneider (1942-09-08 - 2021-06-20) - Former Possessors
  • Change of legal title:
    Acquisition
    Description
    Donation, 2019
  • Assignment to a curated holding:
    Ethnomusicology

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Legal status metadata
CC BY-SA 4.0 DEED

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