File:Slit gong from Vanuatu, 19th century CE. National Museum of Scotland, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK.jpg

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English: Slit gong from Vanuatu, 19th century CE. National Museum of Scotland, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK. These gongs are among the largest free-standing musical instruments in the world. They are carved to represent an ancestor figure. The long opening is the mouth, through which the voice of the ancestor emerges when the gong is played.
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Author Osama Shukir Muhammed Amin FRCP(Glasg)

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