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Spike lute.
Technical description: Typically Japanese sharp corners of box; belly and back of skin, glued and nailed to wooden box; 3 strings.
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Probably 19th century - Maker:
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University of Edinburgh - Inventory number:
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Japan - Hornbostel-Sachs classification:321.322-5 Necked box lutes or necked guitars sounded by the bare fingers
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- Hornbostel-Sachs category:321.322-5 Necked box lutes or necked guitars sounded by the bare fingers
- Repository:University of Edinburgh
- Measurements:980
- View the original record:https://collections.ed.ac.uk/mimed/record/16812