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Sogo 1
Sogo 1
Instrument TitleSogo 1
Instrument ID162.00
Variant Instrument NameMaegubuk; Farmer's Drum
Country/areaKorea
East Asia
Asia
Hornbostel-Sachs class211.322
KeywordNongak; Frame Drum; Drum; Farmer's Drum
DescriptionDouble-headed frame drum with a wooden handle. Also known as maegubuk. White skins stretched over wooden frame and laced together in an "X" pattern with fine white string. There is a small knob on top of the frame. Each head has a blue, red and yellow circular design painted on the white skin. It is played with a thick wooden mallet.
There are 6 Sogos in the UW collection. Whereabouts of the wooden mallets are unknown (as of 5/98). Top nob of Sogo 1 is chipped and one of the heads is ripped.
See doc. card.
DimensionsDiameter of heads: 19 cm (approx.)
Depth between heads: 5 cm
Length of handle: 11 cm
Widest handle diameter: 2 1/2 cm
Diameter of knob: 2 1/2 cm
Accessories(No evidence of existence of mallets (5/98))
ConditionFair; 6" rip in one head; top nob chipped.
Digital CollectionEthnomusicology Musical Instrument Archive
Image No.xam_162b.jpg
Contact InfoFor further information contact: Archivist, University ofWashington Ethnomusicology Division, School of Music Box353450, Seattle, WA 98195; (206) 543-0974
CopyrightThis Musical Instrument database is intended for educational and instructional use; if you cite or download images or text, please acknowledge the University of Washington Ethnomusicology Archives; downloading of audio and video examples is prohibited.
RepositoryUniversity of Washington Ethnomusicology Archives
TypeImage
Digital reproduction fieldPhotographed with digital camera (JPG image); processed using Photoshop (resized to 550 pixels, quality level 5, label added)
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