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| Titles: | Kenong |
| Subjects: | Kenong 111.241.2 Gamelan Degung; Degung; Gong-Chime; Gongs Wood; Rope; Metal |
| Description: | This set of six gongs is suspended in three wooden frames,which are painted red and hold two gongs each on lacedstring supports. The openings for the lacing areasymmetrical hexagons. The three stands are trapezoidal inshape, have three legs each and fit together in one longrow. (On the smallest of these stands the longest sidemeasures 75cm in length; the other two stands measure 80cmin length). The gongs have curved outer rims with convexupper lips and raised bosses at the centre. They are part ofSundanese gamelan degung. |
| Condition: | Good |
| Type: | Image |
| Country/area: | Java, West; Sunda; Indonesia; Southeast Asia; Asia |
| Copyright: | This Musical Instrument database is intended for educationaland instructional use; if you cite or download images ortext, please acknowledge the University of WashingtonEthnomusicology Archives. |
| Instrument ID: | 252.00 |
| Image No.: | xai_252b.jpg |
| Dimensions: | Tuned kettle gongs whose curved outer rims are 10-12 3/4 cm.tall, with convex upper lips 5-61/2 cm; raised bosses approx3 3/4 cm high which are approx. 7 1/2 cm. in diameter. |
| Repository: | University of Washington Ethnomusicology Archives |
| Digital reproduction field: | Photographed with digital camera (JPG image); processedusing Photoshop (resized to 550 pixels, quality level 5,label added) |
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