Photogrammetry mesh · 55 MB source
Not yet converted for the web. Interactive view needs decimation plus Draco geometry and KTX2 textures to fit the 4 MB first-view budget. The frame above is a real capture still.
MESH
Tawak
Suspended bronze gong
- People
- Kadazandusun · Murut · Rungus
- Family
- Suspended bronze gong
- Also called
- Tawag · Gong
- Region
- To verify
- Material
- Bronze · Brass
- Player
- To verify
- Maker
- To verify
- Capture
- Photogrammetry mesh
- Consent
- Not yet recorded
Recordings
No recordings are published for this instrument yet.
In context
A large suspended gong with a deep, inharmonic decay that takes several seconds to die away. In ensemble it marks the cycle rather than the beat — everything else is counted against it. Older tawak are valued as heirlooms as much as instruments, and a household's gongs carry its history.
Community quotes not yet recorded
Shown in English · switch language in the header
Measured tuning
Intervals have not been measured off the recordings yet. Until they are, this instrument is not voiced in the sound machine — we will not substitute an equal-tempered guess.
Cite it
Cite it
[TO VERIFY WITH KNOWLEDGE HOLDERS] (performer). “Tawak” — Suspended bronze gong. Kadazandusun, Murut, Rungus community, [TO VERIFY WITH KNOWLEDGE HOLDERS], Sabah, Malaysia. Rua Kita Sound Archive, Far Out Solutions. https://ruakita.my/archive/tawak Accessed 2026-07-28.