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Ana Mey

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The Turkish mey is a woodwind instrument with a large double reed  in a slender cylindrical shape, traditionally turned from apricot wood and with seven frontal tone holes and a thumb hole between the first and second finger holes. This example is an Ana Mey, the big Mey or "mother". The gently bulging tip of the instrument has an enlarged opening to accommodate the mouthpiece.

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Cataloguing data

Object type
musical instruments
Dimensions
Height: 54,5 cm
Depth: 6,7 cm
Width: 3 cm
Material/Technique
Wood, Textile
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
VII c 944

Provenance and sources

  • Production
    where
    Asia
    Turkey
  • 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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