Spiked lute, gomra, similar to 131.F.16 from Algeria: body of tortoise carapace, membrane perforated in designs; three strings with tuning pegs, low wooden bridge. Turned head on neck, a cotton string is wound round the strings and neck just below the pegs.

Collection type: Object
Description: Spiked lute, gomra, similar to 131.F.16 from Algeria: body of tortoise carapace, membrane perforated in designs; three strings with tuning pegs, low wooden bridge. Turned head on neck, a cotton string is wound round the strings and neck just below the pegs.
Geographical reference: Tunisia
Africa > Northern Africa > Tunisia; Tunis
Person: Field collector John Abercromby; PRM source John Abercromby (Abercrombie)
Date / Period: Date made: Before 1903
Date collected: 1903
Acquisition information: Donated: 1903
Materials and processes: Material Wood Plant, Material Tortoise Carapace Reptile, Material Animal Skin, Material Cotton Seed Fibre Yarn Plant, Process Carpentered, Process Covered, Process Turned, Process Perforated, Process Wound
Dimensions: Length: max 600 mm, Width: max 145 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1903.38.1

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