Title: Hu Chin
Object type: Hu Chin
Date: 19th century
Culture: Chinese
Artist:  Golden Tone Workshop 
Artist nationality: Chinese
Artist role: Maker
Medium: Wood, python skin, various materials
Dimensions: L: 46.5 cm (18-5/16 in.); Diam. of belly: 5.1 cm (2 in.); Depth (front to back): 11.1 cm (4-3/8 in.) see diagram
Classification: Chordophone-Lute-bowed-unfretted
Credit line: The Crosby Brown Collection of Musical Instruments, 1889
Geography:  Foshan Guangdong province  China      
Department: Musical Instruments
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY