Musical instrument

Museum number:
9-17917
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.4219
Description:
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
Donor:
Beth Harnex MacLafferty Blake
Collection place:
Guangdong province, Southern China
Verbatim coll. place:
China;; Canton
Collection date:
1954-1959
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Chordophones (stringed instruments)
Function:
5.4 Secular and Religious Musical Instruments
Accession date:
March 11, 1987
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Images:
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
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with 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

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