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Yueqin
Alternate name:Moon guitar
Alternate name:Yüeh ch’in
Date: 1900-1920 ca.
Place Made:China, Asia, South
Model: none
Serial No: none
Signednone
Markingsnone
DescriptionMoon guitar. Two double-courses of strings. Ten frets. Stylized, guitar-shaped, wooden body with routered edge. Bat effigy carved on peghead. While the yueqin traditionally has a round body, variance in shape is not uncommon. Greater freedom in the design of musical instruments in the early 20th century, in an effort to rejuvenate once-thriving traditions, was the result of dwindling interest in traditional music, along with an increase in nationalism. Played with a plectrum.
Terms
Credit Line: Arne B. Larson Collection, 1979
Not on view
Object number: 01248