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Cura Mey

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The Turkish Mey are traditionally turned from apricot wood. The The woodwind instrument with the large double reed is characterised by its characterised by its slender cylindrical shape. This Cura Mey, which was acquired by a private acquired by a private collector in Istanbul in 2003 and presented to the Ethnological Museum in 2019.

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Cataloguing data

Object type
musical instruments
Other title
kleine mey
Dimensions
Height: 28,8 cm
Depth: 4,6 cm
Width: 2,8 cm
Material/Technique
Wood, Textile
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
VII c 949

Provenance and sources

  • Production
    where
    Asia
    Turkey
  • Collecting
    who
    Christian Schneider (1942-09-08 - 2021-06-20)
  • 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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