Fiddle

2014-13-52

From: Georgia (Country) | Tiflis

Curatorial Section: Near Eastern

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Native Name Kemangeh
Object Number 2014-13-52
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Georgia (Country) | Tiflis
Section Near Eastern
Materials Wood
Technique Inlaid
Description

Kemange rumi? Bottle-shaped fiddle with eleven lateral pegs, five for bowing and six sympathetic strings. Wooden body. Inlaid body, fingerboard and pegbox. European-formed scroll, fingerboard and tail-piece. "C" Sound-holes.

Height 9.3 cm
Length 71.6 cm
Width 9.8 cm
Credit Line Gift of the Franklin Institute, 2014
Other Number L-222-52 - Old Loan Number | 32 - Franklin Institute Number | C-243 - Seder Number | 6184.52 - Franklin Institute Number

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