

The player sits crosslegged on a festive occasion and accompanies a singer. Its size varies, but it is often around 70 cm long, 60 cm wide, and 40 cm deep. It has 22 strings made from civet cat stomach, stretched over pyramidical bridges between two ends of a deep, boat-shaped body made of dried lontar leaf, which opens like a concertina. SASANDO: A plucked bamboo tube zither of Roti, Timor, and surrounding islands of Nusa Tenggara Timur. From audio plug-ins to MIDI sound modules, including real instruments. Its never been easier to create new sample libraries for your sampler. Purchased in Kupang Ethno-lingual group: Atoni. Record your virtual instruments, MIDI instruments and real instrument automatically and create sample libraries for your Sampler. The wood is normally untreated, but has been stained with soot for better appearance when sold. And if a recording has clipped, Samplit will warn you and let you record the same note again. You can also adjust the monitor level independently of the recording level. Samplit can generate a reference tone to let you know which note to play or sing. This specimen has an ancient Indian design. Samplit has some special features that will make the process much easier. When raw, the cotton is passed through the gin to remove the seeds before it is ready for spinning. Cotton Gin: Village-made single-roller cotton gins are used widely in West Timor where cotton is locally grown. Purchased in Kupang Photo David Mitchell. Repeated cycles of dyeing and drying produce a deep black that contrasts with the paler colours of other natural plant dyes on hand-woven cotton. Photo: David Mitchell.ģ WEST TIMOR BUNA TECHNIQUE: Giant figures design on a 3-panel man s wrap, with the buna embroidery technique covering the entire central panel. Purchased by Tuti Gunawan in Makassar, Ethnolingual group: Toraja. Collector: M Kartomi, Photo: Kara Rasmanin Kartomi, SULAWESI ARMOURED JACKET, from Toraja, Sulawesi. Its red and black painted decorations of hornbills or pythons are intended to deter others from stealing the instrument, which is played in upright position resting on the cross-legged player s right leg, as demonstrated by Rayhan Sudrajat at MAMU. The higher strings play the main melody and the lower the rhythmic drone. Its 3 rattan strings stretch from the peg-box over the wooden bridge and through holes in the lower part of the board where they are tied to a piece of wood at the back. Carved from one piece of wood, its slightly pear-shaped body has a large oblong sound hole in its rounded back.


1 GALLERY FOR COLLECTION OF INDONESIAN MUSIC AND ARTEFACTS (CIMA) KALIMANTAN SAPE: A long-bodied, plucked wooden lute of the Kayan Dayak people, Kalimantan.
