Man playing Gender (gamelan orchestra instrument)
Materials: wood and paint
Bali, Indonesia
Fun Fact: Gamelan orchestras, groups of musicians who play traditional Indonesian instruments and music, perform at special occasions and in every day performances of puppetry and dance. This instrument, called a gender, is one of the gamelan instruments. The gamelan orchestra provides an important part of shadow puppet plays, public performances that tell stories from Indonesian legend. This gender was made by a family with a long tradition of crafting the finely tuned instrument.