Pipa (bowl lute)
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Alternative TitlePipa. |
InstrumentPipa |
Instrument FamilyStrings |
Place MadeChina ; Asia |
Date MadeProbably 19th century |
DescriptionTechnical description: Outer case of dark, polished wood; soundboard of light, unpolished `tung' wood; maximum body width 262.5, body depth 57.5; wooden neck with hexagonal wooden pegs; 4 convex frets on the fingerboard, with plain ivory tabs above and below; 10 frets on soundboard; 4 silk strings. This is a bent-necked, northern pipa, thin and slender but heavier than (442). Specific literature references: Probably to be identified with one of item 484 'Two pepas, instruments of the guitar kind (China)' in Engel 1872; probably to be identified with one of the 'Two pipas' in Hipkins 1885, p.117. Illustration references: Hipkins & Gibb 1888, plate XLVI, described as 'P'i-p'a'. |
NotesP.R. Cooke, 1995. |
Measurements1035. |
CollectionMIMEd ; Reid Collection |
Accession Number0445 |