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ViolinB789

Long carved violin with the monkey skin attached on the top by pegging. Strings are attached to the head by tying them to twine protruding pegs and are then tied around the end of the body.

Culture
Santal
Material
horse hair, monkey skin and sal wood
Made in
Bihar, India
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Stringed Musical InstrumentB194 a-e

Erhu-like two-stringed wooden instrument (a) with a bamboo sound box (b) covered with lizard skin and two drop-shaped tuning pegs (c-d) (strings are missing). Wooden bow (e) is strung with coarse hair.

Culture
Malay
Material
hair, bamboo grass, wood and lizard skin
Made in
Singapore
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BellB625

Miniature ox-bell. Turned wood cylinder with a jointed clapper at each side. All on a twisted loop of leaf. Wood with horn and ivory knockers; palm-leaf string.

Culture
Cambodian
Material
palm leaf, ivory, horn and wood
Made in
Cambodia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BellB624

Ivory ox-bell; hollow cylinder with jointed clappers at each side, all on a twisted loop of leaf.

Culture
Cambodian
Material
elephant ivory, palm leaf and fibre
Made in
Cambodia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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CombB618

Comb made of one piece of light yellow wood. Wedge-shaped in cross-section with the curved handle being the widest at the centre and tapering off slightly to the sides where there is a semi-circular notch in each side just below the corners. Decorated with a pattern of five parallel lines above tines and at curved handle edge.

Culture
Indian: Northern Indian and Indian: Central Indian
Material
wood
Made in
Bihar, India
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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ArrowB605

A wood arrow with a blunt pointed end that has two brown feathers bound with loosely coiled string.

Culture
Indian: Northern Indian and Indian: Central Indian
Material
feather, wood and fibre
Made in
Bihar, India
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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CaseB27

A hollow cylindrical bamboo piece that has an interlaced plant arabesque design of natural colour on a red background. One end is open while the other end has a crown-shaped decoration.

Culture
Saduans
Material
bamboo grass
Made in
Sarawak, Malaysia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Mouth HarpB19

A delicate carved thin brown piece that has, near the bottom, its tongue separated along its edge but joined to the main part of the instrument at the bottom. The handle has a serpentine design.

Culture
Saduans
Material
bamboo grass
Made in
Sarawak, Malaysia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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SheathB10

A long wood sheath which is open at both ends. The sheath is made of two side-by-side pieces which are held together at one end by a wooden peg in the middle. The upper part of the sheath is bound in a thick leather band.

Culture
Southeast Asia ?
Material
leather skin and wood
Made in
Asia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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PipeB2 a-b

Pipe shaft (a) and a bowl (b) that fits into the top of the pipe shaft. made from a length of bamboo grass with bands of arabesque pattern stained (?) black. The bowl is stained dark brown and has a flat, circular mouth, carved around the rim, with a cylindrical shaft and notched base. The base of the pipe shaft is pierced with several holes, has u-shaped indents cut out of the edge and is incised with a linear design that follows the edge.

Culture
Bidayuh
Material
wood, bamboo grass and stain
Made in
Kalimantan, Indonesia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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