Fretted Zither
date: label: Accession Date
content: 19 Apr 1982
name: label: Donor Name
content: National Classical Museum Institution, Seoul
notes: label: Notes
content: LONG, HOLLOW, SLIGHTLY TAPERED WOODEN BODY - FLAT ON BOTTOM & TOP SLIGHTLY CONVEX, TO WHICH ARE ATTACHED 16 NEARLY RECTANGULAR FRETS AND 3 MOVEABLE "T" SHAPED BRIDGES. THE 2.5CM EDGES OF BODY ENTIRELY INLAID WITH FLOWERS & VINE DESIGNS IN MOTHER-OF- PEARL. THERE ARE 6 STRINGS & IT IS PLAYED WITH AN 18CM. LONG THIN STICK. 3 BLUE SILK TASSELS. CONTEMPORARY EXAMPLE OF A TRADITIONAL INSTRUMENT.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 20 Jul 2016
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Korea, Asia
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Korean
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 349791
label: USNM Number
content: E422080-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Zither
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 152 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 21 cm
label: Depth - Object
content: 4 cm