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Sunaj

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This oboe is a Sunaj (mu-suona or Surnai), Xinjiang, chin. Turkestan) from Kashgar, western China. "mu" means wood. The body is richly decorated with ornate inlays. It has six tone holes at the front, a seventh tone hole offset to the side and a thumb hole between the first and second finger holes. The instrument is in one piece and has an almost cylindrical inner bore, which only widens conically in the funnel. The lip disc and double reed are made of plastic.

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Cataloguing data

Object type
musical instruments
Dimensions
Length: 438 mm
Height: 44,5 cm
Depth: 9,5 cm
Width: 9,5 cm
Material/Technique
Wood , Plastic, Metal
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
VII c 1077

Provenance and sources

  • Production
    where
    Asia
    China
  • 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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