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Zurna

This zūrnā, a double-reed instrument with a funnel-shaped bell, was built in the Ottoman tradition. The instrument has a brown lacquered, slender body with seven frontal tone holes and three decorative grooves on the lower edge of the bell above the sound holes. The fork insert with a reed support and small holder for the missing lip disc is made of boxwood. The reed of this instrument is missing.

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Cataloguing data

Object type
musical instruments
Dimensions
Height: 36 cm
Depth: 9,2 cm
Width: 9,2 cm
Material/Technique
Wood , Metal , Textile
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
VII c 983

Provenance and sources

  • Production
    where
    Asia
    Georgia
  • Collecting
    who
    Christian Schneider (1942-09-08 - 2021-06-20) - Former Possessors
  • Change of legal title:
    Acquisition
    Description
    Donation, 2019
  • Assignment to a curated holding:
    Ethnomusicology

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Legal status metadata
CC BY-SA 4.0 DEED
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