Violin
33-30-1
From: China
Curatorial Section: Asian
| Native Name | Tan Ch'in |
| Object Number | 33-30-1 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Chinese |
| Provenience | China |
| Date Made | 1800-1933 |
| Section | Asian |
| Materials | Bamboo | Skin | Cloth |
| Technique | Painted | Gilded | Glued |
| Description | Tan Ch'in, violin. Body of bamboo. Neck of three joints of bamboo. Two tuning pegs and two strings. Top of body covered with skin, painted to represent snake skin and fixed with a band of red and gilt cloth glued around the top of the body. Bow missing. Bridge missing. |
| Credit Line | Gift of Horace F. Janney, 1933 |
| Other Number | C-41 - Seder Number |
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