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"Balalaika"

Music ethnology index card: "The resonator is a trapezoidal box made of planks. The top is perforated in a circle, with a rectangular sound hole in each side. The attached plano-convex neck has six gut frets. The pegboard is slightly bent back and has two wooden pegs behind it, which are damaged."

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Ethnologisches Museum
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Cultural attribution
Kalmücken (Oiraten)
Object type
musical instruments
Dimensions
Länge x Breite x Höhe: 93 x 29 x 6 cm
Material/Technique
Wood, Intestine (animal)
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
I A 3173

Provenance and sources

where
Russia [Kaiserreich]
who
Kalmücken (Oiraten)

who
Eduard Gehring - Collectors

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