Kamanja
date: label: date made
content: 19th century
notes: label: Description
content: <p>This kamanja was made by an unknown maker in the Caucasus, probably 19th century. It has a one-piece table of pine with “slit” soundholes burned into the wood along with crude ornamental geometric designs in upper and lower bouts, the body, neck and “leaf” pegbox are fashioned from one piece of softwood; body painted a reddish-brown color; table is unvarnished.</p>
label: Description
content: <p>The Kamanja has Islamic origins beginning in the 10th century and is popular in Turkey and the Black Sea region. This instrument has a long, slender box shape with three strings fastened at a leaf-shaped pegbox.</p>
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
setName: label: See more items in
content: Culture and the Arts: Musical Instruments
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content: Music & Musical Instruments
publisher: label: Related Publication
content: Densmore, Frances. Handbook of the Collection of Musical Instruments in the United States National Museum.
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Dr. Geo. J. Engelmann
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MI.072976
label: catalog number
content: 72976
label: accession number
content: 13300
objectType: label: Object Name
content: kamanja
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 23 1/4 in x 3 1/2 in x 3 1/4 in; 59.055 cm x 8.89 cm x 8.255 cm