| Object Number | A1063 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Provenience | Iran |
| Section | Near Eastern |
| Materials | Wood | Metal |
| Description | Tar or sitar. Wooden compartmentalized instr. with metal spike through body and with wooden neck. 1 large cup- shaped body with 6 small bodies of same shape, flattened and open on side where joined to large body - 1 at top and bottom, 2 on each side. 2 side bodies have 5 pegs, and 2 have bridge and small metal nail-ends to attach strings. Each compartment covered with membrane resonator. Neck ends with carved human had and animal head with snake wound around it. 3 lateral pegs with round carved ivory knob at end. Entire inst. thickly painted. Very detailed pictures on body compartments, detail in features of heads. Very poor condition. Most paint flaked off. Neck partially broken and detached from body. 1 skin sound surface split - the rest missing. 6 pegs from smaller bodies missing. 2 side bodies loose, the rest detached. Length: approx 98cm. Diam of main body: 12cm. Diam of small bodies: 6 cm. |
| Credit Line | Gift of Mrs. Sarah (William D.) Frishmuth, 1900 |
| Other Number | C-unknown - Seder Number |
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