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Bowl lyre (percussion zither)

Flat long percussion zither (according to the old index card "Fidel") made of wood with gut strings, the pegs made of duck bone, (according to the old index card a fiddle bow). Long flat percussion zither made of wood with five self-made gut strings; the pegs made of duck bone.

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Cataloguing data

Cultural attribution
Ostjaken
Object type
musical instruments
Dimensions
Length: 127 cm
Width: 20 cm
Material/Technique
Wood, Skin (animal) , Bone (duck)
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
I A 191 a,b

Provenance and sources

  • Production
    when
    1876
    where
    Russia
    who
    Chanten (Chanty, ханты)
    Ostjaken
  • Assignment to a curated holding:
    East and North Asia

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