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Charango
Charango, lute. Pocoata (Pukwata)-type charango. The wooden waisted body with rounded back painted green. The table with palmette inlay at the centre-base and purfling of red, green and brown stained woods; circular sound hole, tension bridge. The wooden finger-board with twelve metal frets. The pegbox with ten rear-entrant pegs for five double courses of wire strings.
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circa 1987 - Maker:
Torres, Mario - Collection:
Horniman Museum and Gardens - Inventory number:
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Potosí (Timezone: America/La_Paz) - Hornbostel-Sachs classification:321.321 Necked bowl lutes
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- Hornbostel-Sachs category:321.321 Necked bowl lutes
- Repository:Horniman Museum and Gardens
- Measurements:overall: 622 x 162 x 88 mm