Friday 9 November 2012

North Borneo 2 cents (1954 definitive)


This stamp depicts someone playing a "native musical instrument". The musical instrument shown is known as a sompoton. The sompoton is made from a gourd and bamboo, and is traditionally played by the people of the Kadazan-Dusun tribe. I can still find the sompoton being sold at arts & crafts markets, the tamu, and souvenir shops in Sabah (though those sold as souvenirs may not be playable).