Stringed Musical Instrument
date: label: Accession Date
content: 10 Aug 1989
name: label: Donor Name
content: Edward H. Smith Jr.
notes: label: Notes
content: Stringed musical instrument. Neck of carved wood with 4 tuning pegs, no frets. Top decorated with carving of bird (peacock?) standing over a cobra. Brass tacks used for eyes as well as for adornment on instrument. Anchor-shaped sound box, covered with skin. Detailed floral carving in contrasting black and natural wood on back. Has 4 strings (broken). Wooden bow.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 13 May 2019
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Bangladesh, 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: 361230
label: USNM Number
content: E431890-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Stringed Instrument
physicalDescription: label: Length
content: 84 cm
label: Width
content: 16.5 cm
label: Height
content: 11 cm