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These mouth harp fragments were recovered at the Blue Earth Village site in Pottawatomie County during a survey by Kansas Historical Society archeologists. Mouth harps are also called Jew's harps, Ozark harps, or even juice harps. They are a musical instrument played by plucking the reed (these are both missing their center reeds) when the instrument is placed in the mouth. The frame acts as a resonator. The site was the location of a Kansa village, and at one time had many houses.
Date: 1794-1830 CE
Item Number: 449653
Call Number: 14PO24 2018.A
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 449653
Collections - Archeology
Objects and Artifacts - Archeological Artifacts
Objects and Artifacts - Tools & Equipment for Communication - Sound Communication - Mouth harp
People - American Indians - Tribes - Kanza (Kaw)
Places - Counties - Pottawatomie
Thematic Time Period - Early Peoples, 10000 BCE - 1820 CE - Late Ceramic, 1500 - 1820 CE
Thematic Time Period - Exploration, 1541 - 1820
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