Stringed instrument (so sam sai) and bow

These instruments are of types used in Thai classical orchestras. Such orchestras also include other stringed instruments together with wind instruments and tuned and unturned percussion instruments such as xylophones and drums. These orchestras play for a variety of occasions, including classical dance-dramas and puppet dramas.

These two instruments, though probably only about fifty years old, were made in the traditional way and decorated with traditional mother-of-pearl inlaid designs similar to those of older pieces such as 2006.27.105.A-.B, 1999.6, and 1999.7.