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Object Number 31-23-50/B5069
Display Title Lute
Descriptions
Inventory Description Instrument, skin covered rounded body, round wood neck, carved back
Classification
  • String
Department Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Morocco / Tangier
Materials Wood, Skin
Dimensions Overall: 55.7 x 11.1 x 5.9 cm (21 15/16 x 4 3/8 x 2 5/16 in.)
Quantity 2
Label on object B5069
Provenance
Donor Mrs. Bettina J. Kahnweiler

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