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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Any Jewelry, post: 4468491, member: 2844&quot;]Very nice, obb.<img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/smile.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":)" unselectable="on" /></p><p>It looks Indonesian to me. There are many lute/rebab type instruments in Indonesia.</p><p>This one has similarities with the Sumatran hasapi and the Borneo sapeh, roughly the same instrument. </p><p>The hornbill (bird) could indicate Borneo, either Kalimantan or the Malaysian provinces.</p><p>The style of carving is seen in both Sumatra (Batak), and Borneo (Dayak).</p><p><br /></p><p>There is a hole through the chest of the hornbill, maybe there was another key, for a drone string?</p><p><br /></p><p>I don&#039;t know of any traditional Pacific string instruments (pre-Western contact), but I don&#039;t know everything.<img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/wink.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=";)" unselectable="on" /> Culturally, Indonesia is a bridge between Asia and the Pacific, which can lead to confusion regarding origin of items.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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