Description
BORNEO SAPE / traditional Dayak guitar / Borneo musical instrument. More artifacts here.
Everything in excellent condition except a broken string, will need new restringing. The top section of the Sape is detachable.
Origin: Sarawak, Borneo.
Tribe: Dayak Headhunter, Orang Ulu.
History: The Borneo sape comes from the lute family, an instrument with short neck. The sape has quite an elongated body which is hollowed out and functions as a resonator. The shape of the body looks like a sampan/boat, often called the boat lute in Western countries.
Length: 123 cm / 48.4 inches
Width: 23 cm / 9.1 inches
Side: 6 cm / 2.4 inches
Weight: 2.6 kg / 5.7 lb
After packing: 4.5 kg / 9.9 lb
Volumetric weight(HxWxL/5000): 8 kg / 17.6 lb
I will ship via Courier Service (5-7 working days) worldwide, insured.
galvin yeo –
traditional sapeh musical instrument, beautiful pieces