Title: Kissar
Object type: Kissar
Date: 19th century
Culture: African
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
Credit line: The Crosby Brown Collection of Musical Instruments, by exchange with The New York Public Library, 1976.
Department: Musical Instruments
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY