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Huqin
Artist:
China
Date: 19th century
Medium: wood, bone, snakeskin
Classification: Sound Devices
Credit Line: Bequest of Charles O. Maisch
Object number: 1916.1.28
DescriptionTwo string chordophone. The ching-hu has a cylindrical head, and a long neck. Snake skin is stretched over one side of the cylindrical head, creating the resonating chamber. There is a piece of bone at the end of the neck that has its various numbers (museum) written on it.
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In Collection(s)
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