Rebab

late 19th–early 20th century

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 681

In the gamelan ensemble, the bowed rebab, a spike fiddle different from the shorter North African instrument of the same name, freely ornaments the melody. In the northeastern Malaysian states of Kelantan and Terengganu, the rebab is sometimes used in healing rituals.

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Title: Rebab
Date: late 19th–early 20th century
Geography: Java, Indonesia
Culture: Indonesian (Sundanese)
Medium: Wood, vellum, velvet, horn, horsehair
Dimensions: 49 × 8 in. (124.5 × 20.3 cm)
Classification: Chordophone-Lute-bowed-unfretted
Credit Line: Gift of Miss Alice Getty, 1946
Object Number: 46.34.47
Curatorial Department: Musical Instruments

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