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Orta Mey

This Orta Mey is turned from apricot wood - as is typical for the Turkish Mey. However, it differs from the latter in its black lacquered body in a slender cylindrical shape. The instrument was given to the private collector by a musician in Ankara in 2010.

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Cataloguing data

Object type
musical instruments
Dimensions
Height: 36,8 cm
Depth: 4,4 cm
Width: 3,3 cm
Material/Technique
Wood, Textile
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
VII c 948

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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