Musical Instrument W/2 Bows
date: label: Accession Date
content: 20 Apr 1981
label: Collection Date
content: 1950 to 1975
name: label: Collector
content: Ladd I. Johnson
label: Donor Name
content: Estate of Ladd I. Johnson
notes: label: Notes
content: A. STRINGED INSTRUMENT - TRIANGULAR WOODEN SOUND BOX, WHITE SKIN TOP, GREEN VELVET BACK, EDGE BOUND IN INCISED SILVER STRIP. THIS BOX ATTACHED TO FANCILLY TURNED WOODEN BARS, TWO WIRE STRINGS CONTROLLED BY VERY LONG WOODEN KEYS (END OF ONE CHIPPED). "T"-SHAPED WOODEN BRIDGE . REFER TO: HORNIMAN MUSEUM, LONDON, 1958, CATALOG: "MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS," PL. 15, UPPER RIGHT. B. BOW - THIN PIECE OF LIGHT COLORED WOOD, JOINTED WITH SILVER FERRULES IN TWO PLACES & CURVED ENDS CARVED IN BIRD FORM. MULTIPLE STRAND STRING OF WHITE FIBERS. C. BOW - (MAY NOT BELONG WITH THIS INSTRUMENT BUT OF SAME GENERAL CONSTRUCTION) A SIMPLIFIED FORM OF "B." STICK OF FERRULE JOINT & CARVED ENDS LESS DETAILED.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 29 May 2023
label: Specimen Count
content: 3
place: label: Place
content: Thailand, Asia
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Not Given
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 345292
label: USNM Number
content: E421831-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Stringed Instrument / Bow
physicalDescription: label: Length - Bridge
content: 15 cm
label: Height - Bridge
content: 3.6 cm
label: Length - A
content: 112 cm
label: Width - A
content: 58 cm
label: Length - B
content: 80.3 cm