Lute
51-46-132
From: Egypt
Curatorial Section: African
| Object Number | 51-46-132 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Provenience | Egypt |
| Culture Area | North Africa |
| Section | African |
| Materials | Gourd | Wood | Pearl |
| Technique | Painted | Inlaid |
| Description | Heart-shaped body of gourd. painted with gold and maroon stripes. Wood around boards with rope in sound hole. Short wooden neck in inlaid pearl along top. Peg box bent back with slightly scroll-shaped end. 4 black lateral peds. Wood saddle. Poor condition |
| Credit Line | Gift of the Philadelphia Museum of Art, 1951 |
| Other Number | '05-31 - Philadelphia Museum of Art Number | L-238-132 - Old Museum Number | C499 - Seder Number |
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