Biwa, string instrument, Toku Shimomura's
Biwa, string instrument, Toku Shimomura's
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- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- instrument
- biwa and plectum
- biwa
- Physical Description
- wood (overall material)
- plastic (fringel material)
- thread (top material)
- wood (top material)
- red (packaging color)
- Measurements
- overall: 8 1/2 in x 9 1/2 in x 1 1/2 in; 21.59 cm x 24.13 cm x 3.81 cm
- overall: 32 in x 11 in x 3 in; 81.28 cm x 27.94 cm x 7.62 cm
- ID Number
- 2016.0162.55.01
- catalog number
- 2016.0162.55.01
- accession number
- 2016.0162
- Credit Line
- Gift of Roger Shimomura
- See more items in
- Political and Military History: Armed Forces History, Japanese American
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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