Rabāb
Unknown Artist
19th century
Medium
Wood, brass, mother-of-pearl, gut, leather, bone
Dimensions
23 1/4 × 4 5/16 × 2 3/4 in. (59 × 11 × 7 cm) Width (Of lower bout): 4 5/16 in. (11 cm) Width (Of waist): 3 9/16 in. (9 cm) Width (Of fingerboard): 4 5/16 in. (11 cm) Length (Of upper section): 12 13/16 in. (32.5 cm) Width (Of upper section at nut): 1 3/8 in. (3.5 cm) Body depth at lower section: 2 3/4 in. (7 cm) Body depth at upper section: 2 3/8 in. (6 cm)
Classification
Chordophone-Lute-bowed-unfretted
Culture
Algerian
Department
Musical Instruments
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of Joseph W. Drexel, 1889
Accession Number
89.2.186a, b