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Bālabān

This very old double-reed instrument is made of light-coloured, varnished wood. It is characterised by the conical body, which is clearly inverted on the outside, and the large mouthpiece, which is significantly thinner towards the front and slotted on the sides. The instrument has seven almost equal frontal tone holes and is one of the bālabāns sounding in north-east Iraq.

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Cataloguing data

Object type
musical instruments
Dimensions
Height: 43 cm
Depth: 4,3 cm
Width: 5 cm
Material/Technique
Wood, Textile, Plant material
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
VII c 965

Provenance and sources

  • Production
    where
    Iraq
    Northeast Iraq
  • 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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