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Lute (sanxian)
19th century
Object Place: China
Medium/Technique
Wood, python skin
Dimensions
Length 83.2 cm, width 14.3 cm, thickness 7.2 cm (Length 32 3/4 in., width 5 5/8 in., thickness 2 13/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of the National Association of the Colonial Dames of America in the State of New Hampshire
Accession Number1989.699
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsMusical Instruments
ClassificationsMusical instruments – Chordophones
InscriptionsPaper label on front of pegbox: [several Chinese characters]; in ink on back of pegbox: [several Chinese characters]; in ink on back and front of neck spike: [a few Chinese characters]; at small ends of tuning pegs: [one Chinese character on each]
ProvenanceBefore 1989, Moffatt-Ladd House, Portsmouth, New Hampshire. By 1989, The National Society of the Colonial Dames of America -New Hampshire (NSCDA); 1989, gift of the NSCDA to the MFA. (Accession Date: December 20, 1989)