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Penn Museum
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Penn Museum
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Title:
Fiddle
Description:
Kemange? Small spiked fiddle with iron peg, three lateral pegs, membrane sounding-board. Body and Neck inlaid heavily with Mother-of-Pearl and ivory. The shape of the body resembles a coconut from which the form was evolved.
Type:
Fiddle
Type (Narrower):
Musical Instruments
Type (Broader):
Object
Geographic region:
Soviet Georgia
Tiflis
Provenance:
Gift of the Franklin Institute, 2014
Medium:
Wood
Mother-of-Pearl
Ivory
Iron
Extent:
11.5
66.5
cm
11
Identifier:
168592
Source:
2014-13-49
L-222-49
30
C-245
6184.49
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