Fiddle And Bow (Hu-Hu)
date: label: Accession Date
content: 1882
name: label: Donor Name
content: Chinese Centennial Commission
notes: label: Notes
content: FROM CARD: "A KIND OF FIDDLE. WOOD, WITH TWO STRINGS. THE BODY COVERED AT THE TOP WITH THE SKIN OF THE "TAN"-A SNAKE OF THE BOA FAMILY. TRADESCANT LAY, (THE CHINESE AS THEY ARE, LONDON, 1841) REMARKS: "THE HAIRS OF THE BOW PASS BETWEEN THE STRINGS WHICH AS THE STRINGS ARE VERY NEAR TO EACH OTHER, CONSTITUTES THE CHIEF DIFFICULTY IN PLAYING. IT REQUIRES LONG PRACTICE TO ENABLE THE LEARNER TO PASS THE BOW FAIRLY UPON ONE WITHOUT TOUCHING THE OTHER, AND THUS MINGLING THE TONE DESIRED WITH SOME EXTRANEOUS NOISE OF THE MOST GRATING DESCRIPTION. OUT OF THIS WRETCHED THING PERFORMERS CONTRIVE SOMETIMES TO DRAW SOUNDS OF GREAT BRILLIANCY, SO THAT I HAVE HEARTILY WISHED THEM A BETTER TOOL FOR THEIR PAINS. SUCH IS THE RESULT OF MUCH PRACTICE." LOANED TO THE 1876 CENTENNIAL EXHIBIT, A&I 10-2-1975, RETURNED FROM LOAN 8/30/1976."
label: Record Last Modified
content: 14 Nov 2016
label: Specimen Count
content: 2
place: label: Place
content: China, Asia
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Chinese
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 005892
label: USNM Number
content: E54029-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Fiddle/Fiddle Bow