EXPLANATION OF PLATE XXVL 



Korean Musical Instrument. 



Dulcimer. Flat, hollow box of o-doiig wood, trapezoidal in shape; with lid. 

 Twelve groups of four thin lirass wires each are stretched across the box, 

 over and beneath two diagonal bridges. Iron pegs and tuning keys. 

 Played by striking keys with a thin strip of bamboo, the instrument being 

 held by placing the forefinger in a hole beneath the box, and resting the 

 latter on the tips of the fingers and thumb. Length, 22 inches; width, 

 6^ inches; height, 3f inches. (Cat. No. 130889, U. S. N. M. Seoul, Korea. 

 Collected by Dr. H. N. Allen.) 



