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1938.34.588

Zither with 10 strings of wire and 12 of animal gut extending between 2 curved wooden ridges, from pegs in the lower to insertion in the upper. [FC 16/10/2008]

1938.34.588

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Collection type
Object
Description
Zither with 10 strings of wire and 12 of animal gut extending between 2 curved wooden ridges, from pegs in the lower to insertion in the upper. [FC 16/10/2008]
Geographical reference
Russia
Europe > Eastern Europe > Russia
Ural Mountains and Volga River areas
Cultural groups
Mari
Person
Field collector Michel de Bernoff
PRM source Henry Balfour
Date / Period
Date made: Before 1910
Date collected
By 1910
Acquisition information
Bequeathed: 1939
Materials and processes
Material Wood Plant, Material Metal Wire, Material Animal Gut, Material Textile, Process Carpentered, Process Strung, Process Perforated, Process Nailed, Process Embroidered
Dimensions
Length: max 810 mm, Width: max 415 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 1938.34.588 Other numbers: 588

Search terms: Music, Musical Instrument, Zither