Musical Instrument W/Bow
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: HEMI-GLOBULAR WOODEN SOUND BOX WITH SKIN HEAD, ATTACHED NEAR ONE END TO TURNED WOODEN NECK CARVED AT TOP INTO A SNAKE HEAD. TWO WIRE STRINGS, AND TURN KEYS. ON THE NECK IS AN INCISED DESIGN OF A TYPICAL HIGH PEAKED SUMATRAN HOUSE. SMALL WOODEN BRIDGE IS A MODERN REPLACEMENT. B. BOW: SLIGHTLY CURVED WOODEN FRAME WITH MULTIPLE STRAND BLACK HORSEHAIR STRING. TIP OF UPPER END BROKEN OFF & MISSING.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 29 May 2023
label: Specimen Count
content: 2
place: label: Place
content: Sumatra, Indonesia
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: E421838-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Stringed Instrument / Bow
physicalDescription: label: Length - Kris
content: 60 cm
label: Diameter - Kris
content: 11.5 cm
label: Length - Bow
content: 51 cm