Kachapi

late 19th century

Not on view

This plucked lute is carved from the back to resemble a phinisi, a traditional ship. It is used to accompany singing and a song poem called Dadendate. The instrument is similar to the Batak hasapi and word kacapi may refer to a zither of West Java.

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Title: Kachapi
Date: late 19th century
Geography: Sulawesi (Celebes), Indonesia
Culture: Bornean (Sulawesi)
Medium: wood, polychrome, wire
Dimensions: L. 39 in., W. 4-1/2 in.
Classification: Chordophone-Lute-plucked-fretted
Credit Line: The Crosby Brown Collection of Musical Instruments, 1889
Object Number: 89.4.1491
Curatorial Department: Musical Instruments

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