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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Any Jewelry, post: 9772485, member: 2844&quot;]I think it could be a Javanese &#039;siter&#039;.</p><p>I haven&#039;t been able to find photos of the double-sided siter, but it is mentioned on this page on Gamelan instruments:</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://vetter.sites.grinnell.edu/gamelan/siter/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://vetter.sites.grinnell.edu/gamelan/siter/" rel="nofollow">https://vetter.sites.grinnell.edu/gamelan/siter/</a></p><p><br /></p><p>The bridge and the carving alerted me to the possibility of Java/Madura. Indonesian zithers have a long bridge, and are often decorated with traditional floral scroll carvings called &#039;kembang Djawa&#039; or &#039;kembang Madura&#039;.</p><p><br /></p><p>Below is a photo of another Javanese/Madurese zither-like instrument, the &#039;celempung&#039;, with the same bridge and the classic &#039;kembang Djawa&#039; carving, although not very recognizable:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]482036[/ATTACH]</p><p><a href="https://www.gamelanhuis.nl/java_gamelan/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.gamelanhuis.nl/java_gamelan/" rel="nofollow">https://www.gamelanhuis.nl/java_gamelan/</a></p><p><br /></p><p>An example of traditional floral scroll carving on the lower part of a Madurese keris sheath, in this case &#039;kembang Madura&#039;:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]482037[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>The ship is also covered with scroll carving (and the Madurese winged horse Si Megantoro), but that is too abundant to see any resemblance with the carving on OPs instrument. The Madurese love intricate carving.<img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/wink.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=";)" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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