Musical instrument

Museum number:
5-14904a,b
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.4002
Description:
Stringed instrument with bow (native name: rababa); (a) instrument, wood, body has parchment-like material on top; two strings (nylon?), two pegs, protruding piece of metal; length 62.5 cm; (b) bow: palmleaf midrib, black nylon (?) strings, green cotton cordage; length 33.7 cm.
Donor:
Joan A. Knudsen
Collection place:
Edfu, Upper Egypt
Verbatim coll. place:
Egypt; Edfu
Collector:
Joan A. Knudsen
Collection date:
December 1984
Materials:
Metal, Nylon, Palm leaf (material), and Wood (plant material)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Chordophones (stringed instruments)
Function:
5.4 Secular and Religious Musical Instruments
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Musical instrument, accession number 5-14904a,b, described as Stringed instrument with bow (native name: rababa); (a) instrument, wood, body has parchment-like material on top; two strings (nylon?), two pegs, protruding piece of metal; length 62.5 cm; (b) bow: palmleaf midrib, black nylon (?) strings, green cotton cordage; length 33.7 cm.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Musical instrument, accession number 5-14904a,b, described as Stringed instrument with bow (native name: rababa); (a) instrument, wood, body has parchment-like material on top; two strings (nylon?), two pegs, protruding piece of metal; length 62.5 cm; (b) bow: palmleaf midrib, black nylon (?) strings, green cotton cordage; length 33.7 cm.

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