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Female Musician Playing Chimes
Western Han dynasty (206 BCE–9 CE)
Not on view
Music and dance played a crucial part in court rituals, facilitating harmony between the cosmos and humankind. This kneeling musician, together with the two other musicians and two dancers in this gallery, once formed part of a troupe of performers interred with a deceased prince to entertain him in the afterlife. She can be identified as a chime player by her posture. Her half-closed hands might have held a pair of wood hammers, with which to strike the chimes.
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