Yueqin
Alternate name(s)
- Moon guitar
Date1970 ca.
Place MadeTaiwan, Asia
Serial No.none
SignedPaper label adhered to bottom of the frame: Souvenir of / San Francisco / Chinatown / MADE IN TAIWANMarkingsnone
DescriptionShort necked, circular bodied lute. Eight plastic frets and one plastic nut on the body and neck. The neck and sides are stained dark, but the front and back of the resonator and the four pegs are unfinished light wood. The top of the neck has a dragon carved into it. Four monofilament strings are connected to the tuning pegs and a bridge at the bottom of the body. A slip of paper is taped to the back of the instrument that states “You possess artistic talent and should develop/it for pleasure as well as profit.”
DimensionsTop to bottom: 60 cm
Neck length: 26.5 cm
Body diameter: 34 cm
Body (circle) circumference: 108 cm
Body height: 4.1 cm
ProvenanceArne B. Larson Collection, Vermillion, South Dakota, 1979.
Credit LineArne B. Larson Collection, 1979
Object number03324
On View
Not on view
1900-1915 ca.
1875-1900 ca.
1850-1875 ca.
