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| Object Number: | A1753 |
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| Current Location: | Collections Storage |
| Provenience: | Russia |
| Section: | Near Eastern |
| Materials: | Wood Skin |
| Credit Line: | Russian Expedition; Zelia Nuttall, 1897 |
| Other Number: | C-121 - Seder Number C-457 uncertain - Seder Number |
Description
Three stringed lute, metal hide-covered, resonator with spike, decorated shaft. Brass body with pointed piece attached to bottom. Skin resonating surface, long iron peg extending through body. Tubular neck made in sections, stripped colors of red, black, green, and orange. 3 black wooden T-shaped pegs, 2 frontal and 1 lateral. Good condition. Lateral peg missing. Length: 86.5 cm. Diam of skin resonator: 8.3 cm.
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