Siamese Fiddle (Saw Tai) With Bow
date: label: Accession Date
content: 1876
name: label: Donor Name
content: Philadelphia Centennial International Exhibition, Royal Siamese Commission
notes: label: Notes
content: FROM CARD: "CATALOGUED UNDER 27,311 AS SEE SAU. ACCORDING TO NOTES ON SIAMESE MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS P. 21, SAW TAI IS THE CORRECT NAME. KIND OF THREE-STRINGED FIDDLE, SIMILAR TO THE "KEMANGEH" OF PERSIA. BODY OF A SEGMENT OF A LARGE GOURD, WITH BELLY OF PARCHMENT. NECK OF WHITE WOOD, HOLLOW IN ITS UPPER PART TO RECEIVE THE STRINGS WHICH PASS THROUGH A SINGLE HOLE TO CONNECT WITH THE PEGS. A SHEATH OF GILDED BRASS ON THE UPPER PART OF THE NECK. ONLY BOW FOUND--BROWN WOOD WITH WHITE HORSEHAIR STRINGS 2/12/74." [Both fiddle and bow found in Oct 2003. -- C. Beauchamp]
label: Notes
content: Illustrated and described in McQuail, Lisa. 1997. "Treasures of Two Nations: Thai Royal Gifts to the United States of America" Smithsonian Institution. p. 126
label: Record Last Modified
content: 17 Jul 2023
label: Specimen Count
content: 2
place: label: Place
content: Thailand, Asia
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Siamese
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 005318
label: USNM Number
content: E54066-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Fiddle