Zither, Twelve-Stringed
date: label: Accession Date
content: 7 Apr 1988
label: Collection Date
content: N/A
name: label: Donor Name
content: Tae-Soon Ch'oe
notes: label: Notes
content: (1/2) Chordophone. Wooden body with 12 strings of twisted silk supported by 12 movable bridges. The thumb, index and middle fingers of the right hand pluck the strings, while the index and middle fingers of the left hand touch the string on the left side of the movable bridge. An undecorated type known as sanjo kayagum (lit., scattered melodies), used in folk music. (2/2) Brown leather zippered carrying case lined with cotton cloth. Exterior has tan piping and outside pockets.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 1 Dec 2014
label: Specimen Count
content: 2
place: label: Place
content: Seoul, Gyeonggi Province, Korea, Asia
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 356618
label: USNM Number
content: E423556-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Zither