Rabāb Ash-Sha'ir

19th century

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Rabāb Ash-Sha'ir ("poet's fiddle") with 1 string, add a 2nd string and it is known as rabāb al-mughannī ("singer's fiddle"). These terms, used in Egypt for this 4-sided bowed lute, have lost their distinction and today the rabāba is the name in use. Most bowed lutes are constructed as spike fiddles with a wood or metal rod that penetrates the frame of the soundbox and terminates in a spike that rests on the ground when the instrument is bowed. Syria.

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Title:
Rabāb Ash-Sha'ir
Date:
19th century
Geography:
Syria
Culture:
Syrian
Medium:
Wood, parchment
Dimensions:
Overall: 87.5cm x 26cm x 8cm
Bow: (10 in.)
Classification:
Chordophone-Lute-bowed-unfretted
Credit Line:
Gift of Joseph W. Drexel, 1889
Object Number:
89.2.175a, b
Curatorial Department: Musical Instruments

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