Lute

51-46-122

From: Arabian Peninsula

Curatorial Section: Near Eastern

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Object Number 51-46-122
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Arabian Peninsula
Section Near Eastern
Materials Wood | Ivory | Metal
Technique Inlaid
Description

El-oud. Round backed lute, large body with short neck. Body has thin lins of light colored wood inlya. Sound board of light wood; Sound hole with rose. Neck inlaid with ivory in scroll designs. Peg box curved back. 14 lateral pegs. Fair condition. Body cracked in several places, 1 peg missing.

Length: 90 cm. Diam of body: 34.8 cm. Body depth: 19 cm.

Credit Line Gift of the Philadelphia Museum of Art, 1951
Other Number 02-73 - Philadelphia Museum of Art Number | L-238-122 - Old Loan Number | C-489 - Seder Number

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