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品名（中）	周
品名（英）	Ukeke
入馆年号	1889年，89.4.741
策展部门	乐器（Musical Instruments）
创作者
创作年份	公元 1801 - 公元 1900
创作地区	美国, 夏威夷（United States, Hawai'i）
分类	合唱音乐弓（Chordophone-Musical Bow）
尺寸	Great 宽 3.6 × 长 53.9 厘米 (1 7/16 英寸 × 21 1/4 英寸)
介绍（中）	在所有海洋弦乐器中，最简单、分布最广的是口弓。口弓由一块薄而弯曲的木头组成，在许多地方类似于狩猎或战争中用来射箭的弓，用一根或更多的弦串起来，口弓的演奏方式是将一端放在作为共鸣室的嘴里，用手指或镐拨动弦。过去，夏威夷的音乐家演奏"ukeke"，这是一种小型的口弓，有两三根弦，水平地放在嘴里，用左手抓住。虽然偶尔会用来伴奏圣歌，但"ukeke"通常用于个人娱乐，尤其是情侣们互相唱小夜曲时。当音乐家弹奏琴弦时，他或她会默默地对他的或她的伴侣说出单词或短语。随着演奏者"说话"时口腔、嘴唇和舌头的形状发生变化，声音的质量也发生了变化，因此爱人训练有素的耳朵很容易辨认出实际的单词。到20世纪初，"ukeke"的使用基本上已经消亡，但作为夏威夷文化更广泛复兴的一部分，这种乐器最近又重新出现了。
介绍（英）	The simplest and most widely distributed of all Oceanic string instruments is the mouth bow. Consisting of a thin, bent piece of wood, in many areas resembling the bows used for shooting arrows in hunting or warfare, that is strung with one or, more rarely, more strings, the mouth bow is played by holding one end in the mouth, which serves as the resonating chamber, and plucking the strings with a finger or pick. In the past musicians in Hawai'i played the 'ukeke, a small type of mouth bow that had two or three strings and was held horizontally in the mouth and grasped with the left hand. Although occasionally used to accompany chants, 'ukeke were typically employed for personal entertainment and particularly by lovers when serenading each other. As the musician strummed the strings, he or she would silently mouth words or phrases to his or her partner. As the configuration of the player's mouth cavity, lips, and tongue changed as he or she "spoke", the quality of the sound was altered so that the actual words were readily discernable to the lover's trained ear. Use of the 'ukeke had largely died out by the early twentieth century, but the instrument has recently been revived as part of the broader renaissance of Hawaiian culture.