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Lute

Native NameTanbur (uncertain)
Object Number:2014-13-43
Current Location: Collections Storage
Provenience: Georgia (Country)
Tiflis
Section:Near Eastern
Materials:Wood
Mother-of-Pearl
Technique:Inlaid
Height: 14.5 cm
Length: 91.1 cm
Width: 17 cm
Credit Line:Gift of the Franklin Institute, 2014
Other Number:L-222-41 - Old Loan Number
C-242 - Seder Number
6184.43 - Franklin Institute Number

Description

Tabur? Tabur-type lute with wooden sound board. Body and Neck inlaid with mother-of-pearl. Two frontal and one lateral T-shaped peg. Frets missing, but traces remain.

Current & Past Exhibitions:

Four Thousand Years of Music (18 May 1950 - Apr 1958) View Objects in Exhibition

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