Sihu (四胡 )

Medium

Redwood, snakeskin, bamboo, horsehair

Dimensions

H. 31 5/16 × D. 5 1/4 × Belly diam. 2 3/4 in. (79.5 × 13.3 × 7 cm)

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

89.4.37a, b