Stringed Instrument
Zither
CG98-1-120
From: Japan
Curatorial Section: Asian
| Object Number | CG98-1-120 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Japanese |
| Provenience | Japan |
| Date Made | 16th Century - 19th Century |
| Section | Asian |
| Materials | Bamboo | Metal | String | Nails |
| Description | Stringed musical instrument. Section of bamboo cut in half lengthwise. Metal hooks attaching strings. Hooks and strings missing. Per Musical Instrument Card (1950/1972): San-gen-kin. Tube zither made from half-bamboo section as back of body. Flat wooden sound board with 3 pegs diagonally arranged at 1 end. 4 metal strings are inside body which vibrate sympathetically (cf Piggott 144 CB II p. 29 #1543). Poor condition. Strings and pets missing. Sympathetic strings detached at one end. Sound board partially detached from Bamboo body. |
| Length | 97.5 cm |
| Width | 11 cm |
| Other Number | C-100 - Seder Number |
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