lute

‘ud, lute, West Asia, circa 1990. A brass plaque fixed to the soundtable bears the engraving: ‘Presented to the R.M.S.M./By Student/B M. NASSER/Sultanate of Oman/1991'. The vaulted back if formed of 15 ribs of pale varnished wood, with decorative stringing in a darker wood between them. The table is in seven sections, probably of spruce, and has one large and two smaller soundholes, each with a pierced rose of white plastic encircled with mother-of-pearl triangles inset in black mastic. The edge of the soundtable is also inlaid with mother-of-pearl triangles. The scratch plate is probably of sheesham wood (Dalbergia sissoo). The head is pegged for six double courses of strings, and the instrument is strung with five double courses of strings.

object
MUSEUM NUMBER
2016.149
PLACE
COLLECTION
MATERIAL/TECHNIQUE
wood; spruce; plastic; mother of pearl; brass
CATEGORY
Musical Instruments
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