Sompoton

Sompoton
An example of a Murut sompoton, exhibited in Wisma Warisan Sandakan, 1st floor, in the former British North Borneo Museum.
Classification Mouth organ
DevelopedNorthern 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]

  1. ^ D. Ohrnberger (29 January 1999). The Bamboos of the World: Annotated Nomenclature and Literature of the Species and the Higher and Lower Taxa. Elsevier. pp. 304–. ISBN 978-0-08-054238-6.
  2. ^ Sabah: history and society. Malaysian Historical Society. 1981.
  3. ^ "Sompoton". New Sabah Times. p. 14. Retrieved 15 October 2014.[permanent dead link‍]
  4. ^ Elaine Lee (2006). Ethnic musical instruments of Malaysia. Win Publication.