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Object Number 67-9-60/195
Display Title Musical instrument - Long stem, handled lute
Descriptions
Inventory Description Stringed instrument, reptile skin covers, long carved wood neck with 3 pegs
Classification
  • String
Department Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Asia / China
Dimensions Overall: 90.2 x 22.6 x 7.1 cm (35 1/2 x 8 7/8 x 2 13/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 195
Provenance
Donor Donated by Boston Athenaeum

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