Arch Cittern
Object type: Arch Cittern
Department: Musical Instruments
Culture: French
Artist: Jean Francois Tiphanon
Artist role: Maker
Artist nationality: French
Date: 1782
Medium: Wood, ivory
Dimensions: Total L.: 99.6 cm (39 in.); Maximum body W.: 32.2 cm (12-3/4 in.)
Classification: Chordophone-Lute-plucked-fretted
Geography:     France  
Credit line: Gift of Helen C. Lanier, 1982
Accession year: 1982