Pipa (琵琶 )
Object type: Pipa
Department: Musical Instruments
Culture: Chinese
Artist: Shop of Refined Tones, Guangzhou (Canton)
Artist role: Maker
Date: late 19th–early 20th century
Medium: Wood, silk strings, ivory
Dimensions: Length: 35 1/2 in. (90.2 cm); Width: 9 1/2 in. (24.1 cm)
Classification: Chordophone-Lute-plucked-unfretted
Geography:     China  
Credit line: The Crosby Brown Collection of Musical Instruments, 1889
Accession year: 1889