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Description: | Considered the national instrument of Burma, the saung-gauk has a long history. The instrument is played with the resonator held in the lap, slightly tilted so the the strings are roughly horizontal. The strings are plucked with both hands, the right hand from the outside near to the base of the instrument and the left hand from the inside near to the string bearer.
SaĆ¹ng-gauk, Burmese arched harp. The resonator is carved from a single piece of wood. A deer skin forms the soundtable. It is lacquered red, and pierced with four circular soundholes. The skin covers the wooden back and sides, where it is coated with multiple layers of black lacquer. Pieces of mica decorate the edge of the resonator. The gilded wooden neck terminates in a flared finial. Thirteen strings, originally silk but now with gut replacements, are looped around the neck and tied with red cords, each with a tassel.
caption: Lateral view from right of object no. 15.10.48/260.
caption: Lateral view from left of object no. 15.10.48/260. Image of saung-gauk (museum no. 15.10.48/260). | Publisher: | http://www.horniman.ac.uk/ | Rights holder: | Horniman Museum and Gardens | Subjects: | harps wood 322.111 Arched harps - Wachsmann type 1 mineral material vegetable fibre arched harps gold metal thread | Source: | Horniman Museum | Identifier: | oai:oai.horniman.ac.uk:object-17039 | Go to resource |
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