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One-string fiddle
This fiddle is of wood with a tuning peg at the end of the neck. The base of the resonator (which could be a cigar box) is decorated with incised crowned eagle with wings spread. Above the crown is printed 'Trade Mark'. 'Elaguila' and 'Deoro' are marked inside.
- Date:
before 1943 - Maker:
- Collection:
University of Aberdeen Museums - Inventory number:
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Abyssinia/Ethiopia - Hornbostel-Sachs classification:321.322 Necked box lutes or necked guitars
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- Decorative elements:Decorated with incised crowned eagle with wings spread. Above the crown is printed 'Trade Mark'.
- Inscriptions:
- Hornbostel-Sachs category:321.322 Necked box lutes or necked guitars
- Repository:University of Aberdeen Museums
- Measurements:Overall length: 740 mm. Resonator (cigar box) Length 164 mm. Width: 131 mm. Depth: 70 mm.