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Description: | *Mí-gyàng or crocodile zither. A three-stringed box zither. The body is of reddish-brown wood in the form of a crocodile with a large oval green stone set into the forehead. On the underside is a slot extending almost from one end to the other. There are three lateral pegs with bud-shaped ivory heads. A tall ivory bridge is set into the table for two of the strings, just before the tail. A small wooden bridge for the third strings is fixed further down the soundboard. At the neck is a metal anchorage for the strings. Three strings are present; various fittings are missing from the table. | Publisher: | http://www.horniman.ac.uk/ | Subjects: | wood metal nylon vegetable fibre stone ivory gold metal thread box zithers | Source: | Horniman Museum | Identifier: | oai:oai.horniman.ac.uk:object-12370 |
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