Musical instrument with sounding box and gut strings

National Museum of Asian Art

Object Details

Description
Wooden box containing roughly rectangular sounding-box of stretched hide for a lute (?) Tin cigarette box contains gut strings. Persian or Arab (?)
Collection
Freer Study Collection
Credit Line
Gift of Ernst Herzfeld
Accession Number
FSC-W-2a-d
Restrictions & Rights
Usage conditions apply
Type
Musical Instrument
Medium
Wood and hide
Dimensions
H x W x D: 24.2 x 14 x 5.1 cm (9 1/2 x 5 1/2 x 2 in)
Origin
Iran
Related Online Resources
Google Cultural Institute
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Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Collection
Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
Topic
music
Iran
Arts of the Islamic World
Record ID
fsg_FSC-W-2a-d
Metadata Usage (text)
Not determined
GUID (Link to Original Record)
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ye3df8b01cb-65f6-49c7-bb75-5dd4d4ac9b6e
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