Object class: Chordophones (stringed instruments) / Collection place: Asia / Donor: Beth Harnex MacLafferty Blake - Hearst Museum Portal Search Results

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Hearst Museum object titled Instrument and bow, accession number 9-17181a,b, described as String instrument (musical) & bow. Long hollow cylinder. Finger board is formed by pegs held in place by pitch. 2 pegs (each with one pointed end) run through the middle of cylinder near top. Gourd is attached to bottom of cylinder by multicolored (faded) striped cott

Hearst Museum object titled Musical instrument, accession number 9-17917, described as Musical instrument, stringed & fretted; body bamboo, painted black; 4 circular pieces of wood (frets?)adhered to body w/black mastic; peg crosses bodyat 90deg,tightens thin wire running length of body;other end cut in half & carved to a pt;wire held in place by insert

Hearst Museum object titled Musical instrument, accession number 9-17916, described as Musical instrument, stringed; body bamboo, shows traces of red paint; wire string runs length tightened by wooden peg corssing body at 90deg;peg carved to pt in 4-sided triangle, corners cut in zigzags;wire's other end attaches to wood wedgd into open end of bamboo;

Hearst Museum object titled Musical instrument, accession number 9-17272, described as String musical instrument. Resembles banjo, wooden, neck & back, side, border of body are painted black; fingerboard is formed by bone triangular pieces; scroll is broken off; cracked soundbox; 3 pegs also broken from neck; twine-like veg. cord for strings. Nut has butterfly