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Saùng-gauk (Arched Harp), Burma (Myanmar), ca. 1960
NMM 2375. Saùng-gauk,
Burma (Myanmar), ca. 1960. This highly decorative arched harp, formerly associated with the Buddhist dynasties that ruled Burma for centuries, is the national instrument of Myanmar. Similar harps can be seen in Burmese iconography dating back to the 2nd century AD. This example has sixteen silk strings attached to neck by red cotton tuning cords terminating
in large tassels. Boat-shaped resonator (covered with deer skin) with neck carved from a root. Neck
terminates in highly decorated representation of Bo-tree leaf. Decorated with pieces of mica ("Mandalay pearls"), glass, gilt, red and black paint. Stand similarly decorated. Beede Fund, 1978.
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