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1945.11.55

Lyre of wood resonator and hide membrane, 8 strings twisted round wooden cross bar. [MJD 13/11/2008]

1945.11.55

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Collection type
Object
Description
Lyre of wood resonator and hide membrane, 8 strings twisted round wooden cross bar. [MJD 13/11/2008]
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 String, Material Animal Leather Skin, Process Carpentered, Process Covered, Process Perforated, Process Twisted, Process Stretched, Process Woven
Dimensions
Length: max 780 mm, Depth: max 179 mm, Width: max 644 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 1945.11.55
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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