Fiddle (Sau Oo)
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 27,314 ALSO. AN IRANIAN INFORMANT CALLED THIS INSTRUMENT AN IRANIAN KAMANCHEH, OR A COPY OF ONE. 2/8/65.ELKNEZ." FROM CARD: "SAU.---A TWO-STRINGED FIDDLE CLOSELY RESEMBLING THE "YE-YIN" OF CHINA: WITH BOW. THE BODY FORMED OF A SEGMENT OF THE SHELL OF A FRUIT, HAS AT THE BACK AN APERTURE CLOSED BY ELEGANTLY CARVED OPENWORK. THE PEGS AND STEM TIPPED WITH BONG. BOW OF PALM WOOD AND HORSEHAIR. LENGTH, 36 1/2 INCHES. DIAMETER, 5 INCHES. SIAM, 1876. 54,065. GIFT OF KING OF SIAM."
label: Record Last Modified
content: 17 Jul 2023
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
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: E54065-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Stringed Instrument
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 92.7 cm
label: Diameter - Object
content: 13 cm