tonkori

Language: Ainu
Language: Ainu

Stringed instrument

The body consists of a hollowed-out piece of wood with a flat top plate. The body consists of a hollowed-out piece of wood with a flat top plate, over which the strings run to the pegbox, can be tuned with the long, opposing pegs. The tonkori is used both as a solo instrument, as well as for accompaniment. The contemporary Ainu musician Oki Kano has been intensively involved reconstruction of the historical way of playing. Five-stringed zithers are used in the north of Hokkaidō and in Sakhalin, three-stringed zithers in the Kuril Islands.

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Data Provider
Rautenstrauch-Joest-Museum - Kulturen der Welt

Cataloguing data

Cultural attribution
Ainu
Object type
chordophones
Dimensions
62 x 1382 x 330 mm
Material/Technique
Wood; leather; hair, animal; fibre, vegetable; Copper alloy; Metal
Current location
Rautenstrauch-Joest-Museum
Inventory number
RJM 25297
Other number(s)
RJM 1910/05 (Convolute number)

Provenance and sources

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