Object class: Chordophones (stringed instruments) / Accession number: Acc.2307 - Hearst Museum Portal Search Results

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Hearst Museum object titled Bow-harp, accession number 5-6639, described as Stringed musical instrument (ennanga); half oval-shaped wood sound box covered with skin; 1 sound hole; lacquered wood tail piece insert; curved neck of lacquered wood with eight adjustable pegs and 8 banana leaf/lizard skin rings below pegs; eight strings.

Hearst Museum object titled Bridge, accession number 5-6638b, described as bridge with tuning peg and strings

Hearst Museum object titled Lyre, accession number 5-6641, described as bowl lyre; traditional lyre shape; top and side pieces straight solid cylindrical sticks; wood sound box with sound table of reptile skin; back covered with goat hide; skin lacing; 1 sound hole; 8 twisted gut strings.

Hearst Museum object titled Lyre, accession number 5-6753, described as Bow-harp; rectangular wood box; top covered with reptile skin; 2 sound holes cat in top; strips of fur nailed along top and bottom edges; curved wood neck with 5 tuning pegs; 5 wire strings; entire box covered with burned designs; l. 44 cm; w. 18.5 cm; h. 33.5 cm (2nd peg from bottom broken)

Hearst Museum object titled Musical bow, accession number 5-6638c, no description available.

Hearst Museum object titled Tube fiddle, accession number 5-6638a-c, described as plant and hide instrument, handle and string, and bow; (b) neck of unworked solid wood cylinder inserted through one end of hollow sound cylinder; wooden peg inserted in hole through other end; (a) one end of sound cylinder covered with skin, other end open; 1 string of twisted native fiber; (c) bow of stick with attached string.

Hearst Museum object titled Tube fiddle, accession number 5-6638a, no description available.

Hearst Museum object titled Zither, accession number 5-6746, described as Tough zither; wood; elongated oval, flattened with trough carved at one side; 3 cross-shaped holes in trough; burned geometric designs on back and sides; notches cut in either end for strings; 1 pc. twisted string strung through notches to form 6 playing strings; l. 82 cm; w. 28 cm.