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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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ContainerB192

Gourd covered with open weave; woven base. Wood stopper is secured by a piece of string. All red-brown with a bit of black.

Culture
Batak
Material
fibre, gourd fruit and rattan
Made in
Sumatra, Indonesia
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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Musical InstrumentB6

Bamboo sections are attached loosely to a frame. Frame consists of a large cylinder that has four perpendicular rods going through it that are held in place by two cross bars, the lower one of which connects two rods with one short semi-tube and a third rod while the upper one of which connects all four rods with one large semi-tube in between the third and fourth rods.

Culture
Javanese
Material
bamboo grass
Made in
Java, Indonesia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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CarrierB3

Dark brown hair braided into long strands, which are secured together at each end by leaf.

Culture
Coastal Malay
Material
leaf and hair
Made in
Brunei
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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CombB475

A comb that has forty-five short teeth secured by several narrow strips. The teeth are separated by string which is woven between them creating a geometric design consisting of a zig zag pattern of grey and tan.

Culture
Batak
Material
bamboo grass and fibre
Made in
Sumatra, Indonesia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Model PaddleB469

A small paddle that has a cylindrical black handle and a flat brown blade that flares outward with cut corners. The handle is secured to the paddle with string.

Culture
Javanese
Material
wood and fibre
Made in
Java, Indonesia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Model CanoeB179 a-d

Plain model canoe (part a) with a reed sail. The canoe is made up of bunches of red grass tied together. The sail consists of thirty two sticks strung together (part b) and two poles (parts c and d), one of which is tied with green-brown string at one end.

Culture
Iban
Material
grass and reed grass
Made in
Kalimantan, Indonesia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Wind Musical InstrumentB108

Six varying lengths of bamboo, from which the nodes have been removed, are inserted into a hole in one side of gourd and sealed with resin. These are tied around in a bundle with a woven band and a fibre loop to keep them from collapsing. Stem of the gourd serves as the mouth tube of the instrument.

Culture
Murut
Material
bamboo grass, gourd fruit, resin and fibre
Made in
Kalimantan, Indonesia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Wind Musical InstrumentB106

Natural colour of thirty eight pipes of varying lengths bound together by two lengths that create a v-shape and in such a way that, although they alternate in projecting outward, they go from the shortest length to that of increasing size.

Culture
Murut
Material
bamboo grass and fibre
Made in
Kalimantan, Indonesia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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