Yeh Hu

Medium

Coconut, wood, silk, hide, bamboo, horsehair

Dimensions

L: 64.1 cm (25-1/4 in.); Depth: 6.5 cm (2-9/16 in.); Diam. of body: 13.7 cm (5-3/8 in.); L. of bow: 69.1 cm (27-1/4 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

89.4.46a, b