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This iron slit gong, named for its resemblance to an alligator's mouth, is used in kabuki theatre to evoke the sound of a larger waniguchi that hangs at entrances to shrines and struck by a thick rope.
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Title: Waniguchi
Date: 19th century
Geography: Japan
Culture: Japanese
Medium: Metal, rope
Dimensions: Overall: 12.7 cm (5 in.)
Classification: Idiophone-Struck-gong
Credit Line: The Crosby Brown Collection of Musical Instruments, 1889
Object Number: 89.4.85
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