Lute
2003-86-2
From: Vietnam
Curatorial Section: Asian
| Native Name | Dan Day |
| Object Number | 2003-86-2 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Provenience | Vietnam |
| Section | Asian |
| Materials | Wood |
| Technique | Carved |
| Description | Long stringed lute ( Đàn đáy or Cai Dan Day) with small rectangular body and long neck (missing frets). Played mostly in Northern Vietnam with an accompanying singer. It has three strings which are tuned a fifth apart ( Low G on the Bass Clef, D a fifth higher, and A above). Chordophone. |
| Height | 7 cm |
| Length | 154 cm |
| Width | 23 cm |
| Credit Line | Gift of the Philadelphia Commercial Museum (also known as the Philadelphia Civic Center Museum), Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 2003 |
| Other Number | 1993.X.1751 - Other Number | ED2793 - Museum Education Number |
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