Kei Kin
Object type: Kei Kin
Department: Musical Instruments
Culture: Japanese
Date: 19th century
Medium: Wood, head of snake skin.
Dimensions: Overall: 73.7cm (29in.); Other (body): 5.1cm (2in.); Other (bow): 64.8cm (25 1/2in.)
Classification: Chordophone-Lute-bowed-unfretted
Geography:     Japan  
Credit line: The Crosby Brown Collection of Musical Instruments, 1889
Accession year: 1889