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Spike fiddle.
Technical description: The body consists of a gourd, depth 90, width 125, in which there are two holes, covered with a sound-table of parchment; wooden neck; 3 melodic strings on top of neck and body; 8 sympathetic strings inside hollowed out neck.
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Probably 19th century - Maker:
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University of Edinburgh - Inventory number:
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Iran - Hornbostel-Sachs classification:321.311-7 Spike bowl lutes sounded by bowing
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- Hornbostel-Sachs category:321.311-7 Spike bowl lutes sounded by bowing
- Repository:University of Edinburgh
- Measurements:760
- View the original record:https://collections.ed.ac.uk/mimed/record/15916