Jaw harp
Quote from the Hawk’s Eye publication (Burlington, Iowa, June 6, 1844):
"Woman is said to be like a Jew's Harp because she is nothing without a tongue and must be pressed to the lips."
(added later by the Quarterly Visitor of Washington, Iowa)
"Then she is music for the soul."
The connection of this lamellophone (plucked idiophone) to Fiji is unknown but the instrument has its roots in Asia.
"Woman is said to be like a Jew's Harp because she is nothing without a tongue and must be pressed to the lips."
(added later by the Quarterly Visitor of Washington, Iowa)
"Then she is music for the soul."
The connection of this lamellophone (plucked idiophone) to Fiji is unknown but the instrument has its roots in Asia.
Object Summary
- Accession Loan No.
- E1326
- Category
- Ethnography
- Collection Class
- Musical instruments
- Collection Area Region
- POLYN
- Common Name
- jaw harp
- Simple Name
- harp
- Production Country
- Fiji
- Production Year High
- 1875
