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balalaika

Place of production:
Date of production:
Collection:Horniman Museum and Gardens

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Neapolitan Mandolin.

Place of production:
Date of production:Late 19th or early 20th century
Collection:University of Edinburgh

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Bowl lute.

Place of production:Turkey
Date of production:Probably before 1872
Collection:University of Edinburgh

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Bowl lute.

Place of production:China
Date of production:Before 1888, probably before 1872, possibly before 1858
Collection:University of Edinburgh

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Bowl lute.

Place of production:China
Date of production:Probably 19th century
Collection:University of Edinburgh

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Bowl lute.

Place of production:West Africa/Africa
Date of production:Probably 19th century
Collection:University of Edinburgh

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Dital Harp.

Place of production:London/England
Date of production:Early 19th centurySerial number: 648.
Collection:University of Edinburgh

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Bowl lute.

Place of production:West Africa/Africa
Date of production:Probably 20th century
Collection:University of Edinburgh

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Harp lute

Place of production:Probably Britain
Date of production:Probably early 19th century
Collection:University of Edinburgh

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Dital harp.

Place of production:London/England
Date of production:Early 19th centurySerial number: 20.
Collection:University of Edinburgh

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Dital harp.

Place of production:London/England
Date of production:Early 19th centurySerial number: 343.
Collection:University of Edinburgh

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Archlute.

Place of production:
Date of production:Late 19th or early 20th century
Collection:University of Edinburgh

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Lute

Place of production:Veneto/Italy
Date of production:Early 17th century, possibly c1620
Collection:University of Edinburgh

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Dramyin (folding plucked lute)

Place of production:Nepal or Bhutan
Date of production:1978 or earlier
Collection:University of Edinburgh

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Tibetan plucked lute.

Place of production:
Date of production:Mid 1980s or earlier
Collection:University of Edinburgh

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Archlute; lute; theorbo

Place of production:Florence (Timezone: Europe/Rome)
Date of production:17th century
Collection:Horniman Museum and Gardens

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Archlute

Place of production:Padua
Date of production:1609
Collection:Horniman Museum and Gardens

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Archlute.

Place of production:Rome/Italy
Date of production:1665
Collection:University of Edinburgh

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Archlute.

Place of production:Rome/Italy
Date of production:1699
Collection:University of Edinburgh

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Mandolin alla Genovese.

Place of production:Naples/Italy
Date of production:Early 18th Century
Collection:University of Edinburgh

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Neapolitan Mandolin. 000 Neapolitan mandolin.

Place of production:Italy, probably Naples
Date of production:18th Century
Collection:University of Edinburgh

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Mandore.

Place of production:Salzburg/Austria
Date of production:1717
Collection:University of Edinburgh

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Brescian Mandolin

Place of production:Cremona/Italy
Date of production:1755
Collection:University of Edinburgh

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Mandola.

Place of production:Hamburg/Germany
Date of production:1758
Collection:University of Edinburgh

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Neapolitan Mandolin.

Place of production:Italy, probably Naples
Date of production:1759
Collection:University of Edinburgh

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Setar; lute

Place of production:Shiraz (Timezone: Asia/Tehran)
Date of production: before 1876
Collection:Horniman Museum and Gardens

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Tambura

Place of production:Jaipur (Timezone: Asia/Kolkata)
Date of production:first half of 19th century
Collection:Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew

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Mandore or Milanese Mandolin.

Place of production:Milan/Italy
Date of production:19th Century
Collection:University of Edinburgh

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Dital harp.

Place of production:London/England
Date of production:Early 19th Century
Collection:University of Edinburgh

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Dital harp.

Place of production:London/England
Date of production:Early 19th Century
Collection:University of Edinburgh

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British lute

Place of production:London (Timezone: Europe/London)
Date of production:1823–5
Collection:Royal Conservatoire of Scotland

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Dital harp.

Place of production:Paris/France
Date of production:Circa 1830
Collection:University of Edinburgh

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Harp-lute

Place of production:London (Timezone: Europe/London)
Date of production:
Collection:Stroud District (Cowle) Museum

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Neapolitan mandolin.

Place of production:Naples (?)
Date of production:Late 19th Century
Collection:University of Edinburgh

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Neapolitan mandolin.

Place of production:Naples/Italy
Date of production:1893
Collection:University of Edinburgh

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Neapolitan mandolin.

Place of production:Naples/Italy
Date of production:1894
Collection:University of Edinburgh

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Neapolitan Mandolin.

Place of production:Naples (?)
Date of production:Circa 1900
Collection:University of Edinburgh

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Rubab

Place of production:Tashkent (Timezone: Asia/Tashkent)
Date of production:c.1968
Collection:Horniman Museum and Gardens

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Lute.

Place of production:Belgium
Date of production:1967
Collection:University of Edinburgh

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Lute

Place of production:London (Timezone: Europe/London)
Date of production:1990
Collection:Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew

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Lute; dutar

Place of production:Tashkent (Timezone: Asia/Tashkent)
Date of production:1999
Collection:Horniman Museum and Gardens

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