mi gyaun* (?)

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mi gyaun (?)

Description on the index card (ethnomusicology): A slotted tube, closed at the ends, is made from a block of wood in the shape of an alligator. In the tail are three heavy lateral wooden pegs, from which (now) three gut strings run through holes in the "back" to an iron stirrup attached to the "neck". Three further iron stirrups are attached to the "back" as bridge frets.

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Object type
musical instruments
Dimensions
Länge x Breite x Höhe: 136,5 x 32,3 x 14,1 cm
Gewicht: 4,85 kg
Material/Technique
Wood, Iron, Intestine
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
I C 481

Provenance and sources

when
before 1852
where
Myanmar (Burma/Burma) [Land/Region]

who
C.H. Sommer - Collectors
Henriquez & Petersen - Former Possessors

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