Title: Cither Banjo
Object type: Cither Banjo
Date: 19th century
Culture: Austrian
Artist:  Karl Schamal 
Artist bio: Czech, active Prague, 1879–ca. 1892
Artist nationality: Czech
Artist role: Maker
Medium: brass, parchment, wire
Dimensions: L. 1 ft. 11-1/2 in., D. 12-1/4 in.
Classification: Chordophone
Credit line: The Crosby Brown Collection of Musical Instruments, 1889
Geography:  Prague   Austria      
Department: Musical Instruments
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY