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1938.34.172

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1938.34.172

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Collection type
Object
Description
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Geographical reference
Japan
Asia > Eastern Asia > Japan
Cultural groups
Japanese
Person
Field collector Francis William Galpin
PRM source Henry Balfour
Date / Period
Date made: Before 1939
Date collected
By 1939
Acquisition information
Bequeathed: 1939
Materials and processes
Material Bamboo Plant, Material Lacquer Varnish, Process Perforated, Process Lacquered Varnished
Dimensions
Diameter: max 54 mm, Length: max 475 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 1938.34.172 Other numbers: 172
Research and responses

Galpin's biography, see Biographies file, suggests that Galpin did not travel to the Far East although he was an expert on ancient musical instruments and therefore I have presumed that he only possibly collected one piece himself, from Wales [AP 18/9/2002]

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