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Lute

This instrument is made from wood, with a wooden soundboard with small holes drilled in it. A tortoiseshell plectrum is attached to the bridge by string.

  • Culture:Baboma
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  • Hornbostel-Sachs category:321.321 Necked bowl lutes
  • Repository:University of Aberdeen Museums
  • Measurements:L:500; H:40