Hu Hu

Medium

Wood, snakeskin, fabric, glue, bamboo, horsehair

Dimensions

L: 46.7 cm (18-3/8 in.); Depth: 10.8 cm (4-1/4 in.); Diam. of body: 5.6 cm (2-3/16 in.); Bow length: 15.4 cm (6-1/16 in.) (see diagram)

Classification

Chordophone-Lute-bowed-unfretted

Culture

Chinese

Department

Musical Instruments

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

The Crosby Brown Collection of Musical Instruments, 1889

Accession Number

89.4.47