Harp

51-46-105A

From: Burma

Curatorial Section: Asian

Native Name Saun
Object Number 51-46-105A
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Burmese
Provenience Burma
Date Made 18th Century
Section Asian
Materials Wood | Hide | Gilt
Technique Gilt
Iconography Flowers
Description

Soung, bowed harp. Boat-shaped body. Gold and black, hide covering on body with gold rim with floral decoration. Thirteen strings. Four sound holes.

Good condition but strings missing.

Credit Line Gift of the Philadelphia Museum of Art, 1951
Other Number '06-147 - Philadelphia Museum of Art Number | L-238-105 - Old Loan Number | C-472 - Seder Number

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