Portrait of a man playing a mouth organ

B&W photographic print. 'Dorjoi playing a type of mouth organ, with a wind chamber made from a gourd. The instrument has bamboo pipes arranged in two sets, each pipe being fitted with a 'free' reed. There is a finger hole in each pipe and when the hole is uncovered the pipe will sound as the air...

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Date(s) of creation: February 1925
Level: Item
Format: Archive           
Main author: Mills; James Philip (1890-1960); colonial administrator and anthropologist
URL: http://digital.soas.ac.uk/LOAA004713
URL Description: Digital version available online at SOAS Digital Collections

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