| Native Name | Bijug |
| Object Number | A1084 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Provenience | Turkey (Country) |
| Section | Near Eastern |
| Materials | Wood |
| Description | Bijug. Long-necked pear shaped wooden lute. Back of body in sections of light colored wood. Roundish sound hole in sound board. Carved flat piece of wood attached below sound hole. Back of neck painted black. 19 moveable wire frets bound around neck. 7 metal frets inlaid in sound board. 7 T-shaped pegs (4 frontal, 3 lateral). Wire strings, 3 ivory end buttons. Poor condition. Part of sound board broken off. Cracks in body and sound board. Wire frets broken. 2 pegs missing, 2 strings attached. Length: 105 cm. Width: 18.5 cm. Body depth: 18 cm. |
| Credit Line | Gift of Mrs. Sarah (William D.) Frishmuth, 1900 |
| Other Number | C-84 - Seder Number |
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