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Spike lute.
Technical description: Wooden soundbox, body depth 85, width 170. covered on top and bottom with snakeskin; neck passes through body; 3 gut strings.
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Before 1888 - Maker:
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University of Edinburgh - Inventory number:
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China - Hornbostel-Sachs classification:321.312-5 Spike box lutes or spike guitars sounded by the bare fingers
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- Hornbostel-Sachs category:321.312-5 Spike box lutes or spike guitars sounded by the bare fingers
- Repository:University of Edinburgh
- Measurements:1000
- View the original record:https://collections.ed.ac.uk/mimed/record/15929