Mouth organ
Vernacular Name
- Khǣn paet
Date1940-1960 ca.
Place MadeThailand, Asia
Place MadeLaos, Asia
Serial No.none
SignednoneMarkingsnone
DescriptionEight pairs of bamboo pipes, with brass reeds, set into a hardwood windchest. Larger khaens, measuring up to 3 meters in length, were documented by travelers in 19th-century Thailand. The pitches of the pipes are arranged in a highly idiosyncratic manner, as Lao music consists of a series of modes rather than a linear scale.
DimensionsHeight: 830 mm
Width: 145 mm
Depth: 60 mm
ProvenanceArne B. Larson Collection, Vermillion, South Dakota, 1979.
Published ReferencesThomas E. Cross. Instruments of Burma, India, Nepal, Thailand, and Tibet, SMM Catalog Vol. II. Vermillion: Shrine to Music Museum, 1982: 24.
Thomas E. Cross. Musical Instruments of India, Nepal, Thailand, and Tibet. Thesis, The University of South Dakota, 1983: 51.
Credit LineArne B. Larson Collection, 1979
Object number02945
On View
Not on view
1885-1899 ca.
