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Balamán

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It is a woodwind instrument with a double reed made of light-coloured wood with notched letters on the body. Known as the balamán, it is played in Azerbaijan, but also in northern Iran and north-east Iraq. The balamán is primarily an ensemble instrument: the master (usta) blows the melody and the apprentice (dankesh) the drone.

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Cataloguing data

Object type
musical instruments
Dimensions
Height: 44,5 cm
Depth: 2,8 cm
Width: 4,4 cm
Material/Technique
Wood, Textile
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
VII c 961

Provenance and sources

  • Production
    where
    Asia
    Azerbaijan
  • 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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