Zither, Six-Stringed
date: label: Accession Date
content: 7 Apr 1988
label: Collection Date
content: N/A
name: label: Donor Name
content: Tae-Soon Ch'oe
notes: label: Notes
content: (1/3) Chordophone. Long and narrow wooden body with half oval section. Part of the body has a carved arabesque design. Six strings of twisted silk. The second, third and fourth strings are stretched over sixteen fixed frets (one fret broken off) and tuned by round pegs. The rest of the strings are strung over three movable bridges and tuned by moving the bridge to the right or left. The six-stringed zither is used in chamber music to accompany classical lyric songs. Also used as a solo instrument. (2/3) Bamboo bow with nylon monofilament strings. (3/3) Tan leather zippered carrying case lined with cotton cloth. Brown piping and pockets on the outside.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 1 Dec 2014
label: Specimen Count
content: 3
place: label: Place
content: Seoul, Gyeonggi Province, Korea, Asia
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 356618
label: USNM Number
content: E423554-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Zither