Guitar (Kra Chapee Or K'A:Chappee)
date: label: Accession Date
content: 1876
name: label: Donor Name
content: Philadelphia Centennial International Exhibition, Royal Siamese Commission
notes: label: Notes
content: FROM CARD: "THE BODY IS ALMOST CIRCULAR WITH VERTICAL SIDES, A HEAVY FLAT BACK AND BELLY. IT HAS A LONG NECK WITH FOUR LONG IVORY TUNING PEGS, TWO ON EACH SIDE AND SET DIAGONALLY SO THAT THE FOUR ARE LIKE THE ARMS OF THE LETTER X. IT HAS FOUR SILK STRINGS. THEY ALL CENTER A NARROW SLOT IN THE NECK AND PASS TO THE PEG BOX. THEY ARE TUNED IN PAIRS AND PASS OVER A HIGH NUT AND FOURTEEN FRETS, THE LOWER THREE OF WHICH ARE ONLY UNDER ONE PAIR OF STRINGS. THE HOLD FAST AND BRIDGE ARE COMBINED AND ARE FASTENED TO THE BELLY. PLAYED WITH A HORN PLECTRUM."
label: Record Last Modified
content: 16 May 2017
label: Specimen Count
content: 4
place: label: Place
content: Thailand, Asia
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Siamese
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 005318
label: USNM Number
content: E27310-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Guitar