Sanxian (San-Hsien/Chinese lute)

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Title

Sanxian (San-Hsien/Chinese lute)

Description

Small oval body (flat back and front) with long narrow hardwood neck. Body covered with python snakeskin on front and back with wooden veneer sides, 3 hexagonal tapered pegs. Peg box with scroll (bone string separator). No existent strings. No bridge. Bone tailpiece at base. Played with claw-like bone plectrum. Size: body 14.5 cm wide, 7 cm deep. 76.5 cm in length.

Contributor

Grainger Museum

Rights

Grainger Museum

Identifier

00.0108
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Citation

Unknown maker, China, “Sanxian (San-Hsien/Chinese lute),” Grainger Museum Online, accessed April 20, 2024, https://omeka.cloud.unimelb.edu.au/grainger/items/show/434.

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