| Native Name | Santur |
| Object Number | A1060 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Provenience | Iran |
| Section | Near Eastern |
| Materials | Wood | Skin | Shell |
| Description | Kanoon or Qanon. Right angle trapezoid of light colored wood. Rectangular side in 2 compartments covered with a s kin painted with an animal over each compartment (horse, elephant, lion, bull). A moveable bridge painted black separates skin from sound board. Sound board painted with 2 6-pointed stars with flower center, partially caved out. Pinted crescent and flowers also carved out to show hollow interior. Large dancing woman painted in centre. Color mostly green and red. Permanent wooden bridge separates pegs from sound board. 25 rowes of 3 pegs hold gut strings which attach through holes at rectangular end. Inlaid metal and ivory in sides of instr. and on top of permanent bridge. Small silvery concentric circles in sides of pegs. Poor condition. Large crack in sound board and bottom. Membrane cracked and partially detached. Metal inlay coming out. Most strings broken or missing. Animal pictures badly flaked. Length of long side: 95 cm. Length slanted side: 77cm. Width: 44cm. Height: 5cm. |
| Credit Line | Gift of Mrs. Sarah (William D.) Frishmuth, 1900 |
| Other Number | C-153 - Seder Number |
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