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Southeast Asian Jaw Harp

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This is a 口弦 (kǒu xián or south-east Asian jaw harp) of the 傈僳族 (Lìsù Zú or Lisu People) of 云南 (Yúnnán). This particular one is a functional instrument, but gussied up for decorative/tourist purposes with a colourfully painted bamboo shell, colourful woven pouch (in this case just stuffed with batt...

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  • I LOVE these things! They're so tiny you can fan out a bunch of them and get a pretty reasonable number of notes available.