Angklung

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Sliding tube-rattle

This rattle instrument produces sounds when the bamboo sticks are shaken together. During the Dutch colonial period (1596-1949), playing it was banned for fear of creating a rebellion melody. Since then it has not been an integral part of the gamelan, but is played in pure angklung orchestras. The angklung is listed by UNESCO as an intangible world cultural heritage of Indonesia.

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Cataloguing data

Object type
Rassel
Dimensions
Height: 650.0 mm
Length: 330.0 mm
Depth: 45.0 mm
Material/Technique
Bamboo
Current location
Museum Natur und Mensch
Inventory number
IV/2820 d

Provenance and sources

  • Production
    when
    around 1900
  • Change of legal title:
    Old stock
    when
    1909
  • Change of physical control or legal title
    where
    Java (location/origin)
    Indonesia (location/origin)
    Garut (location/origin)
    who
    Ficke, Hugo - Collectors
  • Assignment to a curated holding:
    South East Asia
Provenance
Donation from Hugo Ficke (1840-1912), 1909 Hugo Ficke was an honorary museum director and member of the Freiburg city council. He bought the slide rattle while travelling in Garut, Java at the beginning of February 1909 from five young musicians who had previously played a concert for him.

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