Lute Fragment
A926B
From: China
Curatorial Section: Asian
| Native Name | Sanxian |
| Object Number | A926B |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Chinese |
| Provenience | China |
| Creator | Unknown |
| Date Made | 18th Century - 19th Century |
| Section | Asian |
| Materials | Wood | Snakeskin |
| Description | Sanxian. Favorite of street ballad singers. Three strings, small circular body of dark wood, with snakeskin covering both front and back. Long neck of dark wood curving back into scroll above pegs. Three pegs, tapering and hexagonal in shape. Poor condition. Strings missing, wood broken near bottom peg and skins broken on both sides. |
| Credit Line | Gift of Mrs. Sarah (William D.) Frishmuth, 1900 |
| Other Number | C-184 - Seder Number |
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