Tube zither
Object type: Tube zither
Department: Musical Instruments
Culture: Philippine
Date: late 19th century
Medium: a bamboo tube with two oblong openings on one side between the nodes; four fibre strings fastened to wood pegs inserted at one end pass through holes at the other.
Dimensions: 85cm x 14cm x 14cm
Classification: Chordophone-Zither-struck-tube
Geography:     Philippines  
Credit line: The Crosby Brown Collection of Musical Instruments, 1889
Accession year: 1889