Musical instrument

Museum number:
9-17272
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
55 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.3934
Description:
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
Donor:
Beth Harnex MacLafferty Blake
Collection place:
Cambodia
Verbatim coll. place:
Cambodia unsp.
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Chordophones (stringed instruments)
Function:
5.4 Secular and Religious Musical Instruments
Accession date:
April 1, 1984
Context of use:
(descrip)...carving & is partially chipped;body has a floral shape w/6 "petals." Length (w/out scroll) 73 cm. Ht. (body) 5.5 cm.
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 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 butterflyHearst Museum object 2 of 2 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

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