Accession No
1977.425
Description
Musical instrument, a quasi cog rattle, made from a very young coconut (now much shrunken) which supplies a region of high mass, from a split bamboo frame. Pair of bamboo strips placed adjacent, broader in one dimension than the other, forms a ' cog' and also the axis around which the frame and attached coconut are whirled.
Place
Asia; Southeast Asia; Malaysia; Peninsular Malaysia; Kuala Lumpur
Period
Source
Picken, Laurence Ernest Rowland (Dr) [collector and vendor]
Department
Anth
Reference Numbers
1977.425
Cultural Affliation
Material
Bamboo; Coconut
Local Term
Mesentangan
Measurements
Events
Context (Field collection)
Card has the following entries: "Made by Mohd, [?] Yusofbin Mamai, [?spelling] from village of Tumpai Kelantan Tanjong Che mas [sic] made in Kuala Lumpur 1972". Unnumbered. Collected by: Dr L.E.R. Picken"
Event Date 1972
Author: maa
Description (CMS Description)
A quasi cog rattle, made from a very young coconut (now much shrunken) which supplies a region of high mass, from a split bamboo frame. Pair of bamboo strips placed adjacent, broader in one dimension than the other, forms a ' cog' and also the axis around which the frame and attached coconut are whirled
Event Date 25/2/1987
Author: maa
FM:79917
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