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Cobza; lute
Cobz?, carvel-built lute. The body is pear shaped with a short neck. The back is curved, made from ribs of maple wood. The table is of fir with a rose comprising small central soundhole surrounded by two concentric circles of eight slots. Above the rose is a triangular soundhole. The short neck terminates in a pegbox, angled backwards with eight side-entrant oak pegs. The eight strings arranged in four double courses pass over a wooden nut at the neck; the strings splay out in a fan shape and are secured to a large wide tension bridge beneath the soundholes.
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circa 1946 - Maker:
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Horniman Museum and Gardens - Inventory number:
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Suceava County - Hornbostel-Sachs classification:321.321 Necked bowl lutes
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- Materials:flint, gut, metal thread, cotton, leather, metal, wood
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- Hornbostel-Sachs category:321.321 Necked bowl lutes
- Repository:Horniman Museum and Gardens
- Measurements:overall: 693 x 270 x 230 mm