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1945.11.54

5 stringed Lyre of wood and hide, a band of red and white textile has been wound around the cross bar. [CAR 14/10/2008]

1945.11.54

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Collection type
Object
Description
5 stringed Lyre of wood and hide, a band of red and white textile has been wound around the cross bar. [CAR 14/10/2008]
Geographical reference
Ethiopia
Africa > Eastern Africa > Ethiopia
Date / Period
Date made: Before 1945
Date collected
By 1945
Acquisition information
Donated: 1921 Found unentered: 1945
Materials and processes
Material Wood Plant, Material Animal Hide Skin, Material Textile, Material Plant Fibre, Material Animal Sinew, Material Wax, Process Carpentered, Process Covered, Process Perforated, Process Woven, Process Tied, Process Twisted
Dimensions
Length x Width: max 650 x 410 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 1945.11.54
Research and responses

See the entry under 'kissar' in The New Grove Dictionary of Musical Instruments, S. Sadie ed., 1984; and G.A. Plumley, El Tanbur: The Sudanese Lyre or the Nubian Kissar, 1976.

Search terms: Music, Musical Instrument, Lyre

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