Mouth-organ

Description

Part of a mouth-organ (sho), formed of a cluster of bamboo tubes in a black and gold lacquer air-chamber, with an encircling band and mounts of silver, and a brocade interior cushion: Japan

Museum reference

A.1911.232.2

Collection

World Culture

Object name

Mouth-organ, Sho

Production information

Japan, East Asia

Materials

Bamboo, Lacquer, Silver, Silk brocade

Physical description

Bamboo, lacquer, silver, silk and gold

Associations

Neil Gordon Munro Collection

Exhibitions

• Man and Music (16 Aug 1983 - 15 Jan 1984)
  Royal Scottish Museum

• Looking East: The Lady Ivy Wu Gallery (29 Jul 2011 - 08 Jun 2014)
  National Museum of Scotland

References

Man and Music (Royal Scottish Museum, 1983), p. 58