- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Spiked lute with two strings.
- Geographical reference
- Date / Period
- Date made: Before 1922
- Date collected
- November 1922
- Acquisition information
- Donated: 1923
- Materials and processes
- Material Wood Plant, Material Tin Metal, Material Animal Skin, Process Carpentered, Process Covered, Process Recycled
- Dimensions
- Length: max 465 mm, Height: max 85 mm, Width: max 110 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1923.5.17
Search terms: Music, Musical Instrument, Lute
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