Cai mo

Cai mo *slit drum of Vietnam, made from a block of camphorwood and usually given the shape of a fish, frog, fruit, or even pellet bell, hollowed through a slit and provided with a handle. Struck with a stick, it serves to announce the hours of the night and is also a temple and orchestral instr. Better specimens are lacquered (173). Sachs, Curt. Die Musikinstrumente Indiens und Indonesiens. Berlin, 1915.