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Nowhere else than in rural Estremadura did the medieval tradition of the rebec continue for so long. The fingerboard of this instrument, made from a local wood, was fashioned from a viol.
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Title: Rebec
Date: 18th century
Geography: Spain?
Culture: Spanish?
Medium: Wood, various materials
Dimensions: L. 51.4 cm (20-1/4 in.); Maximum width 12.6 cm (4-15/16 in.)
Classification: Chordophone-Lute-bowed-unfretted
Credit Line: The Crosby Brown Collection of Musical Instruments, 1889
Accession Number: 89.4.514
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