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Sarunei

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This sarunei comes from the Simalungun-Batak region (east of Lake Toba). It has a slender, slightly conical body made of a type of maple (juhar) that ends in a barrel-shaped bamboo funnel. The instrument has six frontal tone holes and a thumb hole between the first and second tone hole. There are two metal rings at the top of the body and funnel. The lead pipe support has a slightly curved round lip disc made of coconut. The small, simple mouthpiece made of palm leaf (anak ni sarunei = child of the sarunei) is attached to a small, short quill.

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Cataloguing data

Object type
musical instruments
Dimensions
Length: 527 mm
Height: 48 cm
Depth: 2,5 cm
Width: 2,5 cm
Material/Technique
Wood (maple), Wood (bamboo), Metal, Fruit peel (coconut), Quill pen , Palm leaf
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
VII c 1062

Provenance and sources

  • Production
    where
    Asia
    Indonesia
    Sumatra
  • Collecting
    who
    Christian Schneider (1942-09-08 - 2021-06-20) - Former Possessors
  • Change of legal title:
    Acquisition
    Description
    Donation, 2019

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Legal status metadata
CC BY-SA 4.0 DEED

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