Tubular “gong” zither
Item
Archivist's Original Title
en
Tubular “gong” zither
fr
Cithare tubulaire "gong"
Original description
en
Field sound recordings by Jacques Dournes on the Jarai voice, instruments and conversations in Viet Nam in 1967.
fr
Enregistrements sonores inédits de Jacques Dournes sur la voix, instruments et conversations jaraï au Viet Nam en 1967
Time duration
00:02:08
Recording date of the original material
1967-07
Acquisition Date
1968
Population
Jarai
Place of the cultural origin
Country Name
Recording place
Phu Bon Province, Village of Ploi Pa
Resource Language
Jarai
Comment
Gông tube zither with 12 strings, instrumental music. The Jörai "gong" zither is made of a bamboo internode closed on both sides, 70 to 90 cm long and 5 to 8 cm in diameter, fitted with a gourd resonator. Twelve or thirteen metal ropes, generally recovered from bicycle brake cables, are arranged in a semi-circle around the supporting pipe, stretched on annular trestles and tightened by dowels.
Tags, Keywords
Entertainment
Archivist Category
Music (Instrumental)
Recording context
Field recording
Instrument, Original Archivist Data
Tubular zither
Instrument (Supplementary/Annotated Data)
Gong
Collector
Name of original Collection
Viet Nam, Les diverses expressions orales des Jaraï sur les Hauts plateaux du Centre, Dournes, 2019
Collection source citation
Related material
External reference
J.Dournes : La musique chez les Jörai, _Objets et Monde_, t.V, fasc.4: 211-244, photos, 1965
History of ownership
Recording archived at Musée de l’Homme and preserved at BnF, Paris
Holding Institution of Original Materials
Licensing Institution
Accessing Institutions
Copyright Information
CC BY-NC-ND
Physical format
Magnetic tape
Preservation State of Physical Object
Original
Original item number
CNRSMH_I_1968_008_002_06
SEAH Identifier
SEAH_CNRSMH_I_1968_008_002_06
