Mouth Organ

58-5-1

From: Bangladesh | Renikyoung

Curatorial Section: Asian

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Native Name Plung
Object Number 58-5-1
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Mro
Provenience Bangladesh | Renikyoung
Locus c. 10-15 miles S. of Bendarban
Section Asian
Materials Gourd | Reed (plant)
Description

Plung or plung kee, mouth organ. The instrument has a gourd base with a single reed mouthpiece and a double and a triple group of reed pipes of varying length. This is topped by bamboo sections stained with red pigment in two cases with two other pipes which are natural in color and the last is stained green.

Credit Line Museum Purchase, 1958

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