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Like no. 289 [III B 2639] The body, however, is composed of fifteen pieces of wood. Twelve pegs with a semicircular peghead. In front of the tailpiece a mosaic of mother-of-pearl plates on the top. A glued-on saddle made of bone(?). Rich marquetry decoration on the top of the body around the soundhole rosettes, on the entire fingerboard surface and on the underside of the body. Maker's mark on a piece of paper glued to the inside of the body: "gumhüriya misr al- carablya. FathI Amin Ibrahim sinäca älät al-müslqlya. 21/9/1972. 3 darb al-cataba säric al-qalca al- qähira." (,Arab Republic of Egypt. FathI Amin Ibrahim. Construction of musical instruments. 21.9.1972. al-cataba lane 3, al-qalca street, Cairo.1) Belser Art Library. Die Meisterwerke aus dem Museum für Völkerkunde Berlin, vol. 2, Stuttgart/Zurich 1980, pp. 116-117 (with illustrations). from Ulrich Wegner: Afrikanische Saiteninstrumente, Staatliche Museen Berlin - SPK, 1984 (appendix object catalogue)

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Cataloguing data

Object type
musical instruments
Dimensions
Length: 80,7 cm
Width: 38,2 cm
Height: 22,3 cm
Material/Technique
Wood (body) Nylon (strings)
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
VII b 64

Provenance and sources

  • Production
    when
    1972
    where
    Egypt
    Cairo
  • Assignment to a curated holding:
    Ethnomusicology

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