Kissar

Medium

Wood, skin, gut strings, cowrie shells

Dimensions

L. 74.5 cm (29-5/16 in.); D. 7.5 cm (2-15/16 in.)

Classification

Chordophone-Lyre-plucked

Culture

African

Department

Musical Instruments

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

The Crosby Brown Collection of Musical Instruments, by exchange with The New York Public Library, 1976.

Accession Number

1976.8.26