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Afghanistan

Instruments

Name: Panji

Type: Jaw-Harp.

Region: Afghanistan, South Asia.

Material: Hand forged of iron, hand painted.

Source: Randy Raine Reusch, Downtown Vancouver (west end). year circa 1998/1999.

Description: Has one lamellaphone or tongue on jaw-harp, is hand forged of iron. And circular at the base to the tip of the jaw harp. The tongue is quite thick. The jaw harp is quite ornate in painted colours. Also has a deep sound when peformed.