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Object Number:A1753
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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