Tatabuan kavan

Tatabuan kavan (kavan, bamboo), idiochord *tube zither of Buru Island, Indonesia, made of bamboo, closed at both ends by natural nodes, with 5 strings. The player's left hand plucks the strings while the right drums on the head of the instr. Also called tabuan veteh, tagbuan. Cf. tattabua (119, 173). Sort by:DefaultAuthorTitleDateAscendingDescending Kunst, Jaap. Een en ander over de muziek en den dans op de Kei-Eilanden. Amsterdam, 1945. Sachs, Curt. Die Musikinstrumente Indiens und…