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Spike fiddle; yehu; bow
Yehu, spike fiddle. The coconut shall resonator is open at the back. The sound table is of wood. Two side-entrant pegs for the two silk strings. A cockle shell bridge is used with this instrument. The bow (1975.44a) passes between the two strings.
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circa 1975 - Maker:
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Horniman Museum and Gardens - Inventory number:
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Beijing Province - Hornbostel-Sachs classification:321.311-71spike bowl lutes sounded by bowing with a bow
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- Materials:FI, paint, wood, gourd
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- Hornbostel-Sachs category:321.311-71spike bowl lutes sounded by bowing with a bow
- Repository:Horniman Museum and Gardens
- Measurements: overall: 27.6378 x 5.9055 x 2.9528 in.; 702 x 150 x 75 mm