Donor Name:

Chinese Centennial Commission  Search this

Culture:

Chinese  Search this

Object Type:

Banjo

Place:

China, Asia

Accession Date:

1882

Notes:

FROM CARD: "A GUITAR OF WOOD, WITH BODY COVERED ON BOTH SIDES WITH THE SKIN OF THE "TAN"-A SNAKE OF THE BOA FAMILY. IT HAS THREE STRINGS. A FAVORITE INSTRUMENT OF THE CHINESE, IT IS A NOTEWORTHY FACT THAT THE SEMI-TONES OF THE DIATONIC SCALE ARE GENERALLY AVOIDED BY THE CHINESE, WHO SEEM TO HAVE A PREDILECTION FOR THAT SERIES OF INTERVALS WHICH MAY BE CALLED THE PENTATONIC SCALE, BECUASE IT CONTAINS ONLY FIVE DIFFERENT INTERVALS IN AN OCTAVE."

Record Last Modified:

1 Dec 2014

Specimen Count:

1

Topic:

Ethnology  Search this

Accession Number:

005892

USNM Number:

E54021-0

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Data Source:

NMNH - Anthropology Dept.

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3cee51b04-043b-4754-ac4e-9541f70ee005

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmnhanthropology_8468253