Sanxian

Unknown Chinese, Chinese

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Wood, skin, and ivory

Overall: 32 5/16 in. (82 cm)

Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Acquired by exchange from the Fairbanks Museum and Planetarium, St. Johnsbury, Vermont

161.4.14664

Geography

Place Made: China, East Asia, Asia

Object Name

Musical Instrument

Research Area

Asia

Not on view

Provenance

Fairbanks Museum & Planetarium, St. Johnsbury, Vermont; by exchange (#104, 105) to the present collection, 1961.

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