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Hearst Museum object titled Instrument and bow, accession number 5-8866a,b, no description available.
Hearst Museum object titled Instrument and bow, accession number 9-17181a,b, described as String instrument (musical) & bow. Long hollow cylinder. Finger board is formed by pegs held in place by pitch. 2 pegs (each with one pointed end) run through the middle of cylinder near top. Gourd is attached to bottom of cylinder by multicolored (faded) striped cott
Hearst Museum object titled Long-necked lute, accession number 9-16330, described as Banjo. Metal soundbox with top and bottom covered with snake skin. Neck and pegs of wood, ivory trim. Neck and soundbox painted red with floral trim. Chinese writing on back of neck. Bridge and strings appear to be recent additions. Length: 60.5 cm; soundbox diameter: 19 cm.
Hearst Museum object titled Lyre, accession number 9-4730, described as Lyre; previously in 4 parts, reassembled by conservation 2014-02-18 a) soundbox; enamelware pan covered with skin; diameter 22 cm; b) arm; length 61.5 cm; c) arm, 1.60 cm; d) crosspiece with 4 pegs, 1.51 cm.
Hearst Museum object titled Lyre, accession number 9-12847, described as Harp reproduction; soundbox Bird's Eye maple; two mahogany posts inlaid with 288 pieces of blue enamel on copper; on front post is wood bull's head overlaid with 23K gold leaf; bull's beard, forehead and horn-tips blue/white sodalite, obsidian eyes; below bull's head are four low relief panels of contemporary scenes; on rear post are 2 upright goats in low relief; crossbar inlaid with single blue/white sodalite at each end; 13 pegs above, 12 strings; height 1.19 m to top of pegs, length 91.5 cm (crossbar). Reproduction of Sumerian specimen (made in Quincy, Mass. by Eli Richman). Original harp excavated by Sir Leonard Wooley from Ur, Mesopotamia, circa 3,000 BC. Original is no. U.10556 and is in the University Museum, Philadelphia (Kilmer).
Hearst Museum object titled Lyre, accession number 9-4731, described as Lyre; 5 strings, skin-covered sound box. Diameter 30 cm; cloth wrapped crosspiece 44.5 cm long.
Hearst Museum object titled Lyre, accession number 5-14211a, no description available.
Hearst Museum object titled Lyre, accession number 5-6641, described as bowl lyre; traditional lyre shape; top and side pieces straight solid cylindrical sticks; wood sound box with sound table of reptile skin; back covered with goat hide; skin lacing; 1 sound hole; 8 twisted gut strings.
Hearst Museum object titled Lyre, accession number 5-2420, described as Bowl-lyre; 8 strings; snake-skin head laced to leather patch on back of resonator bowl; 2 arms and yoke; ca 22 inches l; bowl: 11.75 inches x 9.5 inches.
Hearst Museum object titled Lyre, accession number 5-6753, described as Bow-harp; rectangular wood box; top covered with reptile skin; 2 sound holes cat in top; strips of fur nailed along top and bottom edges; curved wood neck with 5 tuning pegs; 5 wire strings; entire box covered with burned designs; l. 44 cm; w. 18.5 cm; h. 33.5 cm (2nd peg from bottom broken)

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