Shamisen Plectrum
Unknown, Japanese, Japanese
collected 1931
Wood and Turtle Shell
Overall: 7 5/8 × 3 in. (19.3 × 7.6 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Sarah H. and Charles E. Griffith, Class of 1915
157.3.13837
Geography
Place Made: Japan, East Asia, Asia
Period
20th 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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