Lute
2014-13-71
From: Uzbekistan | Samarqand | Samarkand
Curatorial Section: Near Eastern
| Native Name | Tanbur |
| Object Number | 2014-13-71 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Provenience | Uzbekistan | Samarqand | Samarkand |
| Section | Near Eastern |
| Materials | Wood | Gut | Ivory |
| Technique | Inlaid |
| Description | Tanbur-type lute of dark brown wood. Long slender neck. 2 lateral and 1 frontal pegs hour-glass shaped. 13 movable ftets and strings of gut. Ivory inlay on neck and body. Ivory end button and nut. Wooden soundboard with small perforations. Fair condition - wood cracked on body, 1 peg broken, bridge missing |
| Height | 19.4 cm |
| Length | 111.8 cm |
| Width | 18.6 cm |
| Credit Line | Gift of the Franklin Institute, 2014 |
| Other Number | L-222-71 - Old Loan Number | 38 - Franklin Institute Number | C-253 - Seder Number | 6184.71 - Franklin Institute Number |
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