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Jew's 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.
Type of item
- Musical Instrument
- Musical instrument
- Jew's harp
- http://www.mimo-db.eu/HornbostelAndSachs/60
Type of item
- Musical Instrument
- Musical instrument
- Jew's harp
- http://www.mimo-db.eu/HornbostelAndSachs/60
Providing institution
Aggregator
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- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/
Identifier
- #MINIM-UK:40281
Providing country
- Europe
Collection name
First time published on Europeana
- 2019-12-16T15:27:33.841Z
Last time updated from providing institution
- 2019-12-17T12:57:36.684Z