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Free-reed Mouth Organ (Gaeng), Hmong People, Laos/Northern Thailand, 20th Century
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NMM 3319. Gaeng, Hmong people, Laos/northern Thailand, 20th century. Free reed mouth organ with six pairs of bamboo tubes set into a gourd windchest. Like the khaen and the Chinese sheng, each tube contains a reed, typically made of brass. The gaeng is often played to accompany dancing in funeral rites and other rituals. Board of Trustees, 1983.
Views of Mouthpiece and Windchest
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