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View full screenKoto, or long zither, with thirteen strings (with bridges) stretched over a sounding-board made of lacquered wood with ivory, tortoise-shell and silver inlay, decorated on the sides with chicken in a bamboo grove: Japan
A.1884.9.1
Japan, East Asia
Wood, Ivory, Tortoiseshell, Lacquer
Ivory and tortoise-shell inlay, lacquer work
Performance and Lives (29 Jul 2011)
National Museum of Scotland
Man and Music (16 Aug 1983 - 15 Jan 1984)
Royal Scottish Museum
Man and Music (Royal Scottish Museum, 1983), p. 41
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