Lyre
Object type: Lyre
Department: Musical Instruments
Culture: Italian
Date: 19th century
Medium: Wood, metal
Dimensions: Total length  72 cm, Body length (base--top of arms)  58 cm, Body width (base/ waist/ widest)  29.2/ 8.2/ 34/9, Body depth (top of arms/ foot) 5.6/ 8.8 cm, Diameter of rosette  8.2 cm, Length of yoke (bottom)  17.8 cm, Vibrating length of strings  38.8 cm
Classification: Chordophone-Lyre-plucked
Geography:  Florence (?)   Italy  
Credit line: The Crosby Brown Collection of Musical Instruments, 1889
Accession year: 1889