| Native Name | Sehtahr |
| Object Number | A1066 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Provenience | Iran |
| Section | Near Eastern |
| Materials | Wood | Shell | Metal |
| Description | Tambura. Wooden, pear-shaped. 7 gut, moveable frets. 7 T-shaped pegs with tips of ivory (4 frontal, 3 lateral). Finger board of inlaid wood and mother of pearl. 6 round mother of pearl inlays in front of peg box. 6 round mother of pearl inlays also in sound board. End above peg box pointed. Metal strings. Poor condition. Bottom of body broken and pieces missing. Frets unraveled. 2 pegs missing. Some inlay missing. Sound board cracked badly. Length: 30cm. Width sound board: 11.5 cm. Depth of body: 13 cm. |
| Credit Line | Gift of Mrs. Sarah (William D.) Frishmuth, 1900 |
| Other Number | C-55 - Seder Number |
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