- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Zither of bamboo with three metal frets and triangular notch cut out towards one end. [FC 14/5/2009]
- Geographical reference
- Nicobar Islands
- Person
- Maker Unknown Maker
- Field collector Unknown Collector
- PRM source Augustus Henry Lane Fox Pitt Rivers founding collection
- Date / Period
- Date made: Before 1884
- Date collected
- By 1884
- Acquisition information
- Donated: 1884, uncertain Found unentered: 14/05/2009
- Materials and processes
- Material Bamboo Plant, Material Metal, Process Perforated, Process Carved
- Dimensions
- Diameter: max 100 mm, Length: max 1120 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 2009.18.1
Search terms: Music, Zither, Musical Instrument
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