Lyre

Museum number:
9-4730
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21090004730
Accession number:
Acc.977
Description:
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.
Donor:
University of California African Expedition
Collection place:
Saint Catherine's Monastery, Sinai peninsula, Egypt
Collector:
University of California African Expedition
Collection date:
January 1948
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Lyres
Function:
5.4 Secular and Religious Musical Instruments
Accession date:
1949
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 5 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 2 of 5 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 3 of 5 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 4 of 5 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 5 of 5 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.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with 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.

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