Saz (bowl lute)
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Alternative TitleSaz. ; Bağlama ; Tanbur |
InstrumentSaz |
Instrument FamilyStrings |
Place MadeEurasia ; Turkey |
Date MadeProbably before 1872 |
DescriptionTechnical description: Wooden pear-shaped body, width 122 mm, depth 130 mm; wooden neck, body and soundboard, finely joined; neck is inlaid with 13 circular mother-of-pearl dots and inset with a bone upper bridge and a decorative tip; 5 metal strings: three pegs inserted into the front of the next and two laterally. Originally the neck would have had tied frets. All strings broken; main bridge missing, no remaining frets. Specific literature references: probably to be identified with item 482 'Tamboura baghlama, a kind of mandoline (Egypt)' in Engel 1872. |
NotesP.R. Cooke, 1995. |
Measurements575. |
CollectionMIMEd ; Reid Collection |
Accession Number0355 |