Category:Ketjapi (Indonesian string instrument)
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References
[edit]- Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.). Crosby Brown Collection, Mary Elizabeth Brown (1914) Catalogue of the Crosby Brown Collection of Musical Instruments, Vol. II Oceanica and America, Metropolitan Museum of Art, pp. 3−4, 10, 15. "[p.3 on §Malaysia §Java §Class I Stringed Instruments] 758 PSALTERY. Ketjapi or Kachapi. A boat-shaped body of wood, painted red, with a flat top, the ends projecting above the soundboard. Nine wire strings pass through holes pierced diagonally across the soundboard to the interior, where they are wound about tuning-pegs which project at the side. / Length, 2 feet 9 inches. Width, 4 1/2 inches. Depth, 7 1/4 inches. / cf. Patola illustrated by Clement. Historie, p.158. Mahillon. Catalogue, vol. I, p. 194. Crawfurd. History, vol. I, p. 335. de Wit. Facts and Fancies, p.152. ",
"[p.4] 757 PSALTERY. Ketjapi. Similar to No. 758. Sixteen wire strings, eight wooden pegs. / Length, 3 feet 2 1/2 inches. Width, 10 inches. Height, 8 inches. / Land1.(De Gamelan, p.3.) considers the ketjapi and the tarawangwsa of evident Hindu origin. ",
"[p.10 on §Class IV Sonorous Substances] 776 TJALANG. Eleven tubes of bamboo strung on two cords. / Longest tube, 2 feet 6 inches. Diameter 2 1/2 inches. / Shortest tube, 1 foot 2 inches. Diameter 1 1/4 inches. / cf. Mahillon. Catalogue, vol. 2, p. 160. Chouquet. / Catalogue supplement 1894, p.69. / In playing this instrument it is hung on the branch of a tree and struck with wooden sticks. A similar form is found on the island of Nias; it has three tubes, and is called doli. Rijks Ethnographisch Museum Coll., Leiden, No.1002.59. / According to Land,3.(Degamelan, pp. 3, 4.) who quotes Howell, the tjalang, like the ketjapi and tarawansa, should be classed among those instruments developed under foreign influence, it being closely allied to the ranat and pattala of Siam and Burmah. ",
"[p.15 on §Sumatra §Class I Stringed Instruments] 3134 BIOLA or MIJUE MIJUE. A slender, boat-shaped body of wood, tapering to a point at the lower end. Two gut strings and two wooden pegs. Played with a plectrum, which is attached by a cord. / Length, 1 foot 7 inches. Diameter, 2 1/2 inches. / Found among the Bataks, a tribe of semi-civilized cannibals resident in the Atjeh mountains on the north coast of the island. A similar specimen (No. 905.20) in the Rijks Ethnographisch Museum Coll., Leiden, is called ketjapi and comes from the Toba Bataks. ... "
Further reading
[edit]- Museum collections
- Ketjapi (early 20th century, Sumatra, Indonesian) [46.34.15]. Metropolitan Museum of Art."Artwork Details ",
"Title: Ketjapi ",
"Date: early 20th century ",
"Geography: Sumatra ",
"Culture: Indonesian (Sumatra) ",
"Medium: Wood ",
"Dimensions: 69.5cm x 9cm x 8cm ",
"Classification: Chordophone-Lute-plucked-unfretted ",
"Credit Line: Gift of Miss Alice Getty, 1946 ",
"Accession Number: 46.34.15 ",
"Provenance Henry Harrison Getty ; Alice Getty "
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