Tube zither

Philippine

late 19th century

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Title: Tube zither
Date: late 19th century
Geography: Philippines
Culture: Philippine
Medium: a bamboo tube with two oblong openings on one side between the nodes; four fibre strings fastened to wood pegs inserted at one end pass through holes at the other.
Dimensions: 85cm x 14cm x 14cm
Classification: Chordophone-Zither-struck-tube
Credit Line: The Crosby Brown Collection of Musical Instruments, 1889
Object Number: 89.4.2616
Curatorial Department: Musical Instruments

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