Musical Instrument Item Number: 548/4 a-b from the MOA: University of British Columbia

Description

The first piece (part a) has a conical drum at one end with a wood shell and a skin membrane. There is a long stick along which run metal wires attached to wood tuning screws, thirteen small ones and two large ones. The second piece (part b) is a long curved bow with the bowstrings made out of hair tied at one end with white string and tied at the other end with strips of blue and white, and yellow fabric and grey-blue yarn. On the side tied with white string, there are three metal bells attached with blue-grey yarn.