Japanese Moon Fiddle Or Guitar "Gogen"
date: label: Accession Date
content: 26 Jan 1987
label: Collection Date
content: 1910
name: label: Collector
content: Lt. Comdr Wilson
label: Donor Name
content: Mrs. Charles R. Whittlesey
notes: label: Notes
content: PURCHASED IN JAPAN, ORIGINALLY A CHINESE INSTRUMENT, ADOPTED BY THE JAPANESE AND CHANGED SOMEWHAT. A RARE PIECE, IT WAS USED AS A CEREMONIAL INSTRUMENT. THE "GOGEN", HOWEVER, HAS NOT BEEN USED FOR NEARLY A CENTURY.
label: Notes
content: Partially restored and treated by the Anthropology Conservation Laboratory (see conservation report for CL 1382).
label: Record Last Modified
content: 4 Jul 2023
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Japan, Asia
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Japanese
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 359390
label: USNM Number
content: E423974-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Lute
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 64 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 35.5 cm
label: Height - Object
content: 3.95 cm