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Event Date
Author: Olivia Maguire

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Event Date
Author: Olivia Maguire

Context (Field collection)
Gifted to Dr Laurence Ernest Rowland Picken from Robin Rattray c. 1960, from a village near Saravane, south of Laos.
Event Date 1960
Author: Olivia Maguire

Description (Physical description)
Catalogue card reads, '312.12: heterochord (true) tube-zither, made from internode of bamboo. / 3 pegs bearing metal strings (one string missing) inserted into thickness of bamboo. Resonating tube thinned to a fragile shell, reducing weight & increasing resonant response. / - Sound-hole carved in rear [illustration].'
Event Date 1977
Author: Olivia Maguire

Context (Related Documents)
Letter (Archive 2, W16/1/1, Large Box N) from Robin [Rattray] (Monks, Priorswood, Compton, Guildford) to Laurence Picken, dated 9 June 1977 reads,
'The instruments you ask about were all collected in Laos in 1960. Some I found myself in rather remote villages in Southern Laos, not fair from a place called Saravanne [sic.] which was later devastated by American bombing. The others were obtained from the Royal School of Music in Vientiane. I suppose that may also have disappeared now. There are of course some similarities with the music and dance of Thailand and Laos which could easily cause confusion.'
Event Date 9/6/1977
Author: Olivia Maguire