Rabāb
Object type: Rabāb
Department: Musical Instruments
Culture: Algerian
Date: 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
Geography:     Algeria  
Credit line: Gift of Joseph W. Drexel, 1889
Accession year: 1889