Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Pipa

Pipa

Voting period ends on 5 Jan 2025 at 14:42:02 (UTC)

Original – A late 16th/early 17th-century pipa made of wood, ivory, bone, and silk. This traditional Chinese musical instrument has a pear-shaped wooden body with a varying number of frets. It is played by plucking the strings.

Reason

High quality image that shows the important features of the musical instrument. Professionally shot.

Articles in which this image appears

Pipa

FP category for this image

Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Culture, entertainment, and lifestyle/Culture and lifestyle

Creator

Metropolitan Museum of Art

• Support as nominator –  — Chris Woodrich (talk) 14:42, 23 December 2024 (UTC)
• Support Charlesjsharp (talk) 14:58, 23 December 2024 (UTC)