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Spike fiddle, jinghu, with bow. The bamboo resonator is open at the back, the front is covered with a snakeskin soundtable. The wooden neck bisects the resonator, forming a spike on which the instrument rests at the distal end. Two strings.
- Date:
before 1948 - Maker:
- Collection:
Horniman Museum and Gardens - Inventory number:
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China - Hornbostel-Sachs classification:321.313-71 spike tube lutes sounded by bowing with a bow
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- Materials:resin, ivory, Stextile, Gut, textile, Snakeskin, wood
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- Hornbostel-Sachs category:321.313-71 spike tube lutes sounded by bowing with a bow
- Repository:Horniman Museum and Gardens
- Measurements:overall: 17.3228 x 2.1654 x 5.9055 in.; 440 x 55 x 150 mm