Dulcimer;a)stringed instr.in black & gold lacquered wood box;zither-like;L.77 cm;b)box cover;L.76.5cm;c)bamboo plectrum;L.27.7cm;d)extragut strings;e)drawer w/brass pull;f)brass hammer for pegs;L.12.5cm; Inscription:"The Golden sound old hall"(In Chinese
Donor:
Older University Collections and Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
China
Verbatim coll. place:
China attr.
Collection date:
before 1956
Materials:
Bamboo (material), Brass (alloy), Gut (animal material), and Wood (plant material)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Dulcimers
Function:
5.4 Secular and Religious Musical Instruments
Accession date:
1909 and 1968
Context of use:
ther (refers to importation of type from Persia.)
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Loans:
S1974-1975 #4: University Art Museum (UC Berkeley) (July 19, 1974–February 7, 1975), S1974-1975 #67: Civic Arts Center (Walnut Creek) (February 5, 1975–May 7, 1975), and S1977-1978 #2: Music Library (UC Berkeley) (July 27, 1977–October 6, 1977)