An example of a Murut sompoton, exhibited in Wisma Warisan Sandakan, 1st floor, in the former British North Borneo Museum.
Classification
Mouth organ
Developed
Northern Borneo: Sabah, Malaysia
Sompoton or Sumpotan, is a mouth organ made from a gourd with bamboo pipes in northern Borneo.[1] It originated in the state of Sabah and is played by indigenous men and women in Sabah, especially by the Kadazan-Dusun and Murut.[2][3][4]
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^Sabah: history and society. Malaysian Historical Society. 1981.
^"Sompoton". New Sabah Times. p. 14. Retrieved 15 October 2014.[permanent dead link]
^Elaine Lee (2006). Ethnic musical instruments of Malaysia. Win Publication.
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