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San-Shiung

This San-Shiung is a banjo-like instrument, with a body in wood and snake skin, and strings of twisted gut.

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  • Hornbostel-Sachs category:321.312 Spike box lutes or spike guitars
  • Repository:University of Aberdeen Museums
  • Measurements:L: 857 H:80