Rbâb

Date of manufacture :

1920’s 

Usage context :

traditional art music 

Description :

rubbed string instrument. The sound box is cut out of a massive piece of wood. The lower part is covered with parchment and the upper part is covered with a sheet of carved copper. The bow is made of a strand of horsehair stretched on the bridge made of a curved reed

Length. :

34 cm

* Baron Rodolphe d’Erlanger’s private collection