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Duduk

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This Armenian duduk has eight frontal tone holes and is tuned to C. Known as the Armenian national instrument, the cylindrical double-reed instrument is usually turned from apricot wood. The duduk is usually played in pairs. One instrument holds a long tone, the so-called drone duduk dam, while the other is used as a melody instrument. The player of the dam, known as the damkash, maintains this drone through circular breathing.

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Cataloguing data

Object type
musical instruments
Dimensions
Height: 39 cm
Depth: 4 cm
Width: 2,8 cm
Material/Technique
Wood, Textile, Leather
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
VII c 954

Provenance and sources

  • Production
    where
    Asia
    Armenia
  • 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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