Stringed Musical Instrument Item Number: 2668/2 from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
Cantonese opera instrument. Two string fiddle, or violin (erhu, erxian), with bow attached, made from bamboo cane; two gourd-like pegs and two strings stretched over a bridge attached to a section of bamboo covered with reptile skin. Bow is strung with hair.
History Of Use
In Cantonese opera, melodic instruments include the erxian (two-stringed fiddle), and the hudieqin or yangqin (butterfly zither) serve as the lead instruments. Other melodic instruments include the zhutiqin (bamboo fiddle), yueqin (moon lute), yehu (coconut lute), or sanxian (three-stringed lute) and wind instruments, such as the dizi (transverse flute) and xiao (end-blown flute). They are played together to accompany the singing onstage.
Item History
What
- Name
- Stringed Musical Instrument
- Identification Number
- 2668/2
- Type of Item
- musical instrument
- Material
- bamboo grass, horse hair, reptile skin and paint ?
- Overall
- height 15.0 cm, width 88.0 cm, depth 7.0 cm
Where
- Holding Institution
- MOA: University of British Columbia
- Made in
- China
When
- Ownership Date
- before April 19, 2006
- Acquisition Date
- on April 19, 2006
Other
- Condition
- good
- Accession Number
- 2668/0002