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Keluri (gender unknown)

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Mouth organ with a gourd as wind chest

Identical types: 21

Kayan people, Sarawak (Malaysia), Kalimantan (Indonesia); According to Patricia Matusky used by the Kenyah people of Kalimantan (Central Borneo); According to Blench "Keluri were traditionally played for long dances associated with the rituals around headhunting, but with its disappearance, these instruments are now seldom played or made. There are still a few elder [sic; elderly] players able to perform [i.e. 2012; ws], but their music will likely disappear soon".


Sources

Sachs, Curt: Real-Lexikon der Musikinstrumente: zugleich ein Polyglossar für das gesamte Instrumentengebiet [Berlin, 1913]. Hildesheim, 1964 [facsimile].

Galpin, Francis William: A textbook of European musical instruments: their origin, history and character. London, 1937, p.203.

Matusky, Patricia: Borneo: Sabah, Sarawak, Brunei, Kalimantan. In: The Garland encyclopedia of world music (4): Southeast Asia (ed. 2013).

Blench, Roger: The history and distribution of the free-reed mouth-organ in SE Asia (presented at the 14th EurASEAA meeting, Dublin, September 2012 (Draft submitted for proceedings, 2012), p.13.

Kunst, Jaap: Hindu-Javanese musical instruments [Weltevreden, 1927: »Hindoe-Javaansche muziek-instrumenten, speciaal die van oost-Java«]. The Hague, 1968 (2), p.27.

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Google books (Galpin [Find keluri: p.203]).