Jew's harp (susap)
about 1930
Object PlacePapua New Guinea
Medium/TechniqueBamboo
DimensionsLength 20 cm, width 2.1 cm (Length 7 7/8 in., width 13/16 in.)
Credit LineHelen and Alice Colburn Fund
Accession number1984.284
On View
Not on viewClassificationsMusical instruments
Collections
ProvenanceBefore 1979, private collection of New Guinea material compiled about 1930, New York; about 1979, Lillian Caplin, Center for Musical Antiquities, New York; before 1984, sold by Caplin to Douglas Deihl, Northampton, Massachusetts; 1984, sold by Deihl to the MFA. (Accession Date: June 13, 1984)
1900–50
mid-20th century
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