Lakadou Timor-Leste 1960's Pair of Timorese Lakadou (bamboo musical instruments) from the collection of Malcolm Wilson
- Used
- very good
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Camira, Queensland, Australia
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About This Item
Timor-Leste, c1960's. bamboo. Very Good. 37 x 7cm diameter x 24cm circumference (approx). Pair of Lakadou, being a traditional Timorese musical instrument - acquired in the 1960's in (then) Portuguese Timor; the Lakadou is a bamboo instrument combining elements of string and percussion - the 'strings' or cords being carved from the side of the bamboo cylinder and thereafter tensioned with chocks of differing thickness to produce a variety of tones; the Lakadou is played by being both strummed by hand (with bamboo chips) and/or struck with thin sticks; bamboo open at one end and pierced with a small hole at the other, and with a large oval opening at the side; Very Good condition; from the collection of (retired) ethnologist Malcolm Wilson, who travelled widely through Africa and South East Asia in the 1950's-1970's; a video of Lakadou being played can be seen here (highly recommended): tekeemedia.com/tekee-tokee-tomak-music-recovery-project/field-recordings/
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- Bookseller
- Gotcha By The Books (AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 22292
- Title
- Lakadou Timor-Leste 1960's Pair of Timorese Lakadou (bamboo musical instruments) from the collection of Malcolm Wilson
- Format/Binding
- Bamboo
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Place of Publication
- Timor-Leste
- Date Published
- c1960's
- Size
- 37 x 7cm diameter x 24cm circumf
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
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Camira, Queensland
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Gotcha By The Books is an online bookshop, working from home, in Camira, Queensland, Australia. The owner has been selling books in Brisbane since 1985, and Gotcha By The Books has been online since 2001. We specialize in Poetry, Australian Poetry, Literature, Art, Australiana, Aboriginal Australia, Rare and Antiquarian Books. We buy books on any subject (so long as we know we can re-sell them!). We are open by appointment.