Lute

Guitar

AF151

From: Algeria

Curatorial Section: African

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Native Name Gunibri
Object Number AF151
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Moorish
Provenience Algeria
Culture Area North Africa
Section African
Materials Wood | Tortoise Shell | Mother-of-Pearl | Parchment
Technique Painted
Description

Gunibri. Tortoise shell sounding box. Two strings. Elaborately painted neck and top of sounding box. Yellow, white, red, green, gray, blue, golden yellow colored. Mother-of-pearl peg on tortoiseshell.

Height 7 cm
Length 48 cm
Width 11 cm
Credit Line Gift of Mrs. Sarah (William D.) Frishmuth, 1900
Other Number 846 - Other Number

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