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MONOXYLE LUTES / INDEX : v.19 - May 2013 

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http://inthegapbetween.free.fr/pierre/PORTFOLIO.pdf 

Yemeni items 

- Item 001 San’a (exile) 

- Item 002 San’a 


- Item 004 Al-Ajami’s, San’a 





- Item 009 Al-Nunu’s, San’a 


- Item 011 replica San’a 

- Item 012 House of Culture, San’a 

- Item 013 Al-Jumai’s, San’a 

- Item 014 Al-Harithi’s , San’a 

- Item 015 Mokrani’s , San’a 

- Item 016 Mokrani’s , San’a 

CONTENTS 

- Item 017 San’a curio, San’a 

- Item 018 Edimbugh museum, UK 

- Item 019 Metropolitan museum, NYC, USA 

- Item 020 Awni / Hasan Al-Ajami’s, San’a 

- Item 021 Jeff Greene, NYC, USA 


- Item 023 Santa Cecilia auditorium, Italy 


http://inthegapbetween.free.fr/pierre/PORTFOLIO_part2.pdf 

Swahili items 

- Item 101 Zanzibar 

- Item 102 replica Mombasa 

- Item 103 Mombasa 

- Item 104 tanzanian coast 

- Item 105 Mwanza, Tanzania 

- Item 106 Mwanza, Tanzania 

Comorian Items 

- Item 200 presumed Nzuani isl. 

- Item 201 Domoni, East Nzuani isl. 

- Item 202 Nzuani isl. 

- Item 203 Sima, West Nzuani isl. 

- Item 205 NW Madagascar 





- Item 215 Mjamawe, N Nzuani 

- Item 219 Mwali 




- Item 227 Diego Suarez, Madagscar 







Mahore Island Items (french Comoro) 

- Item 501 Boueni, South Mahore 

- Item 502 Mr Linibwe, Mahore 

- Item 503 Tsararano, East Mahore 

- Item 504 Tsararano, East Mahore 

- Item 509 Chiconi, W Mahore 

- Item 510 Acoua, NW Mahore 

- Item 511 Msangamuji, NW Mahore 



- Item 514 Acoua ?, N W Mahore 

- Item 516 Tsoundzou, W Mahore 

- Item 517 Msangamuji, NW Mahore 

- Item 518 Mwali / Dzoumogne 

- Item 520 Chirongui, S-E Mahore 

- Item 522 Mwali / Passamainty 

- Item 524 Dzoumogne, N-E Mahore 





- Item 532 Msangamuji ?, W Mahore 






- Item 538 Chiconi?, W Mahore 


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PART4 : ALAM MELAYU 

Indonesian items (Sumatra) 

- Item 301 Batak, Sumatra 

- Item 302 Riau, Sumatra 

- Item 303 Bengkalis?, Sumatra 

- Item 304 undefined, Sumatra 

- Item 301 Riau, Sumatra 

- Item 306 Bengkalis, Riau dct. 

- Item 307 Bengkalis, Riau dct. 

- Item 308 Penyangat (Riau isl) 

- Item 309 Penyangat (Riau isl) 

- Item 310 SE Sumatra 

- Item 311 Medan, N. Sumatra 

- Item 312 Medan, N. Sumatra 

- Item 313 Medan ?, N. Sumatra 

- Item 315 Kayu Agung, SE. Sumatra 

- Item 316 Palembang, SE. Sumatra 

- Item 317 Indonesia (tropenmuseum) 



- Item 320 Bengkalis ?, Indonesia (ebay 2012). 

- Item 322 Mr Khairul Asrar, Riau 

- Item 323 Firdaus in Siak, Riau dct, Sumatra. 

- Item 324 Firdaus in Siak, Riau dct, Sumatra 

- Item 325 Sungwai Rawa, Riau dct, Sumatra. 

- Item 332 Lampung, SE Sumatra 

- Item 333 Jambi Isl, SE Sumatra 



- Item 336 Jambi , SE Sumatra 

- Item 337 Lampung , SE Sumatra 

- Item 338 Lampung , SE Sumatra 

The Dambus (Bangka Isl) 

- Item 614 Bangka, SE Sumatra 






- Item 629 bass ; Bangka, SE Sumatra 

- Item 630 Belitung isl, Bangka, SE Sumatra 



Malaysian items 

- Item 400 Musée de Genève 

- Item 401 Malacca 

- Item 402 Batu Pahat, Johor 




- Item 414 Johor Baru, Johor 

- Item 415 Johor ? 

- Item 416 Johor Baru, Johor 

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PART5 : JAVA -BORNEO 

Java 

- Item 600 Java 




- Item 616 Indonesia 

The Borneo case 

- Item 680 Tenggarung, Kalimantan, Bornéo 



- Item 683 Semporna, E. Sabah, Bornéo 

- Item 685 Banjarmarsin, Kalimantan, Bornéo 

- Item 686 Banjarmarsin, Kalimantan, Bornéo 

- Item 689 Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Borneo 

- Item 690 Kuching, Sarawak, Borneo 

- Item 691 Borneo ? 

- Item 692 Borneo – Metropolitan 

- Item 697 Beaufort, Sabah, Borneo 

- Item 698 Brunei, Borneo 

- Item 699 Beaufort, Sabah, Borneo 

- Item 702 Saratok, Sarawak – Hamid Penghulu 

- Item 703 Derawan isl, Sarawak 

- Item 704 Sarawak? – Kraftang Muzeum, Johore 





- Item 709 Brunei, Bornéo 

- Item 710 bruneians of Papar, Sabah 

- Item 710 bruneians of Papar, Sabah 

- Item 712 bruneians of Weston, Sabah 

- Item 720 Rainforrest museum, Kuching 


PART6 : LESSER SUNDA: SUMBAWA & LOMBOK (NTB) 

- Item 774 “Gambo” – Bima, Sumbawa isl., NTB 

- Item 775 “Gambo” – Bima, Sumbawa isl., NTB 

- Item 776 “Gambo” – Daha, Bima, NTB 

- Item 777 Ustd Sawal, Lombok Isl., NTB 

- Item 778 Ustd Afendi, Lombok Isl., NTB 

- Item 779 Ustd Afendi, Lombok Isl., NTB 

- Item 780 Gambo Mbojo” – Bima, Sumbawa isl., NTB 

- Item 781 Lombok Isl., NTB 

- Item 782 Lombok Isl. , NTB 



- Item 785 Mataram museum, Lombok Isl, NTB 

- Item 786 anonymous, Lombok Isl, NTB 


PART7 : FLORES (NTT) 

- Item 745 Lembata Isl, NTT, Sunda 

- Item 746 Bugis, Ende, NTT, Sunda 

- Item 747 Sikka, NTT, Sunda 

- Item 748 Labuan Bajo, SW Flores, NTT 

- Item 749 disambiguiation Bijol / Boko in Flores 

- Item 750 NTT, Sunda 

- Item 751 NTT, Sunda 

- Item 753 Ende, NTT, Sunda 

- Item 754 Ende, NTT ?, Sunda 

- Item 755 Lamaleha, NTT, Sunda 

- Item 756 Adonara, NTT, Sunda 

- Item 757 Indonesia (Vancouver museum). 

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PART8 : SULAWESI & MOLUCCAS 

- Item 851 Wakantolalo, south Sulawezi 

- Item 852 Badjao, Celebes sea 

- Item 853 Pare-Pare, south Sulawezi Isl 

- Item 864 Muna, S-E Sulawezi isl. 

- Item 866 Sulawezi Isl 

- Item 868 Pangkep, south Sulawezi Isl. 

- Item 869 Makassar, south Sulawezi Isl. 

- Item 873 Pare-Pare, south Sulawezi Isl 

- Item 874 Makassar, south Sulawezi Isl 





- Item 879 Gorontalo, north Sulawezi Isl 



- Item 884 Sulawezi ? Borneo? – Roma Museum 

- Item 885 Moluccas 

- Item 886 Sanana Isl, Sula arch., North Moluccas 

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EAST INDONESIA: THE FAR EAST 

GAMBUS IN FLORES (NTT) 

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Item n°: 745 

Lute maker : unknown, 

Owner : Yoseph Kia Boli - Nusa Tenggara 

Barat / “Sumbawa” 

Name : Gambus 

(Lembata Isl, eastern Sunda) 

Age / Year : ??? 

Diameter Di = ca 150 mm 

Le = ca 1200 mm 

Lm= ca 40 mm 

Pi= ca 100 mm 

Observations : Rare, superb instrument of the local traditional songwriter. Wood-made 

soundboard. Pegs are guitar pegs. 

Soundboard features the same Heart –shaped soundhole as lutes from 

Lombok ( item 782). 

(source Flores info weblog) 

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Item n°: 746 


Owner : anonymous - Nusa Tenggara Timur 

Name : Gambus 

(Ende, Nusa Tenggara Timur, a.k.a. “Flores”) 



Le = ca 900 mm 

Lm= ca 40 mm 

Pi= ca 100 mm 

Observations : This is possibly the oldest design of the bugis Gambus variant in Ende, 

NTT. The design is quite similar with patterns from Riau Isl or Alam Melayu. 

Skin made soundboard, pen-like pegs. 

Pegbox design is inspirated by flower patterns , possibly from the local fiddle 

lutery. is made of a closed box, vaguely the same concept as item 778, 779. 

(unknown web source) 

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Item n°: 747 


Owner : anonymous - Nusa Tenggara Timur 

Name : Gambus 

(Sikka, Nusa Tenggara Timur, a.k.a. “Flores”) 



Le = ca 900 mm 

Lm= ca 40 mm 

Pi= ca 100 mm 

Observations : This archaic gambus variant is severely influenced by the design of the twostring 

lutes of the natives of Sumba. 11 pegs. Pegbox is made of a closed 

box, vaguely the same concept as item 874-875. 

(source ISPN, Endo MUANDA ethnomusicologist) 

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Item n°: 748 

Lute maker : Hajj Ishak MANSOUR 

Owner :Abdurahman WERU 

Name : Gambus (Labuan Bajo, S-W 

Flores, NTT, Indonesia) 

Age / Year : unknown 

Diamètre, estim. Di = 280 mm 

Le, estimated = 1000 mm 

Lm, estimated = about 45 mm 

Pi, estimated= 150 mm 

Observations : Pegbox seems to be a carved head, and it has a vague similarity with items 707, 

746. 

( Photo unknown ethnological web source about SW Flores folklore) 

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Item n°: 749 


Owner : Museum Quai Branly, Paris 

Name : Leko Boko, Bijol 

(Sumbawa, Nusa Tenggara Barat (NTB)) 

Age / Year : 1896 

Diameter Di = ??? mm 

Le = ??? mm 

Lm= mm 

Pi= ??? mm 

Observations : Not even alledged as a gambus family member, but features obvious 

similarities with items 750, or even 751. The designations Leko Boko / Bijol are 

reported in Nusa Tenggara Timur (NTT). This short necked item looks like a tiny 

toy-like instrument , possibly related to Timorese guitars. 

Maybe a relative of the guitar family, as features of the original arab qanbus 

are actually few: same overall structure as item 751, ovale, wood-made 

soundboard, but 3 vertical pegs.. In NTT (medaillon), soundbox is reported to be 

made of gourd, same as items 750, 751. Stored in Quai Branly Museum . 

Instrument displayed in Museum Quai Branly, Paris. 

Picture from http://quaibranly.fr (2012) 

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Item n°: 750 

Lute maker : owner’s bros, Nokhti 

Owner : Ajji Mat, Ende 

Name : Gambus 

(Ende, Nusa Tenggara Timur, Sunda) 

Age / Year : 1990’s 

Diameter Di = about 270 mm 

Le = about 1000 mm 

Lm= about 50 mm 

Pi= supposedly 150 mm 

Observations : this 6 stringed, odd gambus lute is a local avatar in Ende , NTT. Actually very few qanbus-like 

features. Owner Ajji Mat is a local entertainer, & recorded several CDs. Soundboard is wood 

made. The lute body is possibly made of a gourd, neck is not hollowed out. Pegbox same as 

items from Ende (746, 748) and Bima ( 775, 776, 778, 779) = possibly inspirated from cello / 

biola making. Acc. description of item 750, the gourd made body is possibly influence of the 

timorese Leko Boko / Bijol. Such gourd-made soundbox structure 

was observed in Flores Isl by Jaap KUNST, who noticed that this is featured in local, kemanchelike 

viele lutery, too. 

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Item n°: 751 

Lute maker : unknown 

Owner : for sale 

Name : Gambus 

(Ende ?, Nusa Tenggara Timur, Sunda) 

Age / Year : 2012 






features. Soundboard is wood made, same as item 750. The lute is made of a gourd , as items 749, 

, neck is not hollowed out. Pegbox same as items from Ende (746, 748) and Bima ( 775, 776, 778, 

779) = possibly inspirated from cello / biola making. Acc. description of item 750, the gourd made 

body is possibly influence of the timorese Leko Boko / Bijol. Possibly a toy variant of item 750. 

Photo Ebay. Such gourd-made soundbox structure was observed in Flores Isl 

by Jaap KUNST, who noticed that this is featured in local, kemanche-like viele lutery, too. 

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Item n°: 751 

Lute maker : unknown 

Owner : for sale 

Name : Gambus 

(Ende?, Nusa Tenggara Timur, Sunda) 

Age / Year : 2012 






features. Soundboard is wood made, same as item 750. The lute is made of a gourd , as items 749, 

, neck is not hollowed out. Possibly a toy variant of item 750. Photo Ebay. Acc. description of item 

750, a local name in NTT for a similar gourd made lute is Leko Boko / Bijol. 

Such gourd-made soundbox structure was observed in Flores Isl by Jaap KUNST, who noticed 

that this is featured in local, kemanche-like viele lutery, too. This is also widespread among Timorese 

Leko Boko / Bijol guitars now. 

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Item n°: 753 


Owner : Muhammad Azhari ATAPUKANG – 

Lamalaha, Nusa Tenggara Timur 

Name : Gambus 

(Lamalaha, Nusa Tenggara Timur, Sunda) 



Le = ca 1100 mm 

Lm= ca 40 mm mm 

Pi= ca 150 mm 

Observations : unseen large lute; this design is actually widespread among the Badjo / 

Badjao sea nomads as far as Sulawezi and Solor (east of Tenggara Timur / 

Flores): wood-made soundboard, unusually long neck, typical pegbox 

design. Pegs are 6 guitar pegs. For the rest, very same as item 764. 

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Item n°: 754 




Name : Gambus 




Le = ca 1100 mm 


Pi= ca 150 mm 





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Item n°: 755 




Name : Gambus 




Le = ca 1100 mm 


Pi= ca 150 mm 





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Item n°: 756 


Owner : unknown 

Name : Gambus 

(Adonara Isl, lesser Sunda, NTT) 




Lm= about 40 mm mm 

Pi= about 130 mm 

Observations :Large, soundful lute; scale very close to old constructions by Yahya MAHDI (San’a). Wood-made 

soundboard. 8 pencil-shaped oegs. Same Hook-shape pegbox as Gambus lutes from Ende, NTT 

(item 747, 761). 

The player is a member of a traditional band, playing old style pantun with an additional rhythmic 

guitar (Photo Youtube) 

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Item n°: 757 


Owner : Museum of Anthroplogy 

Name : Gambus ( Sunda?; Indonesia) 


Diameter Di = 155 mm 

Le = 748 mm 

Lm= 36 mm 

Pi= 100 mm 

Observations : few info available about this ancient lute, as currently exhibited in Vancouver 

museum. 7 pegs. Soundbox shape suggests it could originate from the same 

Indonesian area as item -616. The pegbox,features an amazing man-shaped wooden 

statue. (Picture by Henny DE BRUJN, 2011 ) 

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