Moon Guitar
19418B
From: China | Canton
Curatorial Section: Asian
| Native Name | Yueqin |
| Object Number | 19418B |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Chinese |
| Provenience | China | Canton |
| Period | Qing Dynasty |
| Date Made | 18th Century - 1896 |
| Section | Asian |
| Materials | Wood | Skin |
| Description | Moon shaped fiddle. Light wood on front and back of body. Sides and neck are dark wood. Four strings and ten frets. Four roundish hexagonal pegs. Red paper with Chinese characters in center of front of body. Poor condition with body badly cracked. One peg is missing as are string holder and all strings. |
| Credit Line | Gift of Mr. Sigmund Beel, 1896 |
| Other Number | C180 - Seder Number |
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