- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Lute with seven pegs, painted floral design on top of sound box and fretwork star in centre.
- Geographical reference
- Cultural groups
- Greek
- Person
- Maker Nicholas Michael
- Field collector Unknown Collector
- PRM source Augustus Henry Lane Fox Pitt Rivers founding collection
- Date / Period
- Date made: 1853
- Date collected
- Unknown
- Acquisition information
- Donated: 1884
- Materials and processes
- Material Wood Plant, Material Pigment, Material String, Process Painted, Process Carved, Process Pegged, Process Inscribed, Process Perforated, Process Carpentered
- Dimensions
- Length x Width x Height: max 890 x 305 x 145 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1884.113.36 PR Cat other PR nos: 2963
Search terms: Music, Writing, Musical Instrument, Lute, Inscription
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