Gyilli (gourd-resonated suspension xylophone)

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Alternative Title

Gyilli

Instrument

Xylophone

Instrument Family

Percussion

Date Made

(Circa 1940)

Description

Technical description: 18 bars, mounted in curved plane with bass end raised; shortest bar (no. 1) length 455, longest bar (no. 17) length 845. Wooden frame, hide; gourds with spider-nest membrane.

Notes

P.R. Cooke, 1997.

Measurements

1520.

Provenance

ex- Simon Hughes.; on loan to the Collection.

Collection

MIMEd

Accession Number

2116

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