Cittern
Unknown Artist
1824
Medium
Wood and various materials
Dimensions
Total length 74.5 cm., Fingerboard length 40 cm., Fingerboard width--top/bottom 5.5/ 5.5 cm., Body length: 41 cm. Body width--widest/ narrowest: 7.9/ ca. 27.5 cm. Body depth--neck/ foot: 6.5/ 6.1 cm. Vibrating length of strings 54.2 cm., Diameter of sound hole 6.6 cm., Bridge height 1.4 cm.
Classification
Chordophone-Lute-plucked-fretted
Culture
German
Department
Musical Instruments
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
The Crosby Brown Collection of Musical Instruments, 1889
Accession Number
89.4.1030