Sanshin
Unknown Chinese, Chinese
about 1850-1880
Wood, skin, and ivory
Overall: 33 7/16 in. (85 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Sarah H. and Charles E. Griffith, Class of 1915
157.3.13835
Geography
Place Made: China, East Asia, Asia
Period
19th century
Object Name
Musical Instrument
Research Area
Asia
Not on view
Provenance
Collected by Charles Edmund Griffith (1892-1964) and Susan "Sarah" Hoyt Griffith (1894-1966); given to present collection, 1957.
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