Lute
2014-13-67
From: Uzbekistan | Samarqand | Samarkand
Curatorial Section: Near Eastern
| Native Name | Domra | Tanbur |
| Object Number | 2014-13-67 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Provenience | Uzbekistan | Samarqand | Samarkand |
| Section | Near Eastern |
| Materials | Wood | Ivory | Gut |
| Technique | Inlaid |
| Description | Domra. Tanbur family of long lutes. Pear-shaped body of unpolished wood, pointed at bac. Flat wood sound board. Boss at end of body with notches for attachment of strings. Small wood bridge on belly (missing). Long polished wood neck, round at back, flat finger board with inlaid pieces of ivory. 16 movable gut frets. Wood nut. 3 t-shaped pegs (2 frontal, 1 lateral). Red tassel tied through hole at top of neck. Good condition - 2 strings missing and bridge. [the card also alludes to "Sachs, 255-257" Curt Sachs, The History of Musical Instruments (WW Norton and Co, 1940) describes this type of Lute on those pages] |
| Length | 107 cm |
| Width | 11.6 cm |
| Credit Line | Gift of the Franklin Institute, 2014 |
| Other Number | L-222-67 - Old Loan Number | 138 - Franklin Institute Number | 6184.67 - Franklin Institute Number | C-285 - Seder Number | 138 (exhibit #) - Seder Number |
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