Gusle
date: label: date made
content: 19th century
notes: label: Description
content: <p>This gusle was made by an unknown maker in Bosnia, Yugoslavia, probably 19th century. It has a table of hide (missing) stretched and fastened to the body with 19 pins (16 missing), body, neck and stylized horse with rider of one-piece hardwood, one hardwood tuning peg; instrument is not varnished.</p>
label: Description
content: <p>This instrument has a spoon-shaped body with an elongated narrow neck terminating in a carving of a mounted horseman, with no further ornamentation. The horseman is possibly a stylized representation of Milos Obilic, a 14th-century Serbian folk-hero known for defending his country against the invading Turks.</p>
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: Bosnia and Herzegovina: Bosnian
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content: Culture and the Arts: Musical Instruments
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content: Music & Musical Instruments
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MI.237686
label: catalog number
content: 237686
label: accession number
content: 45209
objectType: label: Object Name
content: gusle
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: hardwood (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 5 3/4 in x 29 3/8 in x 8 1/2 in; 14.605 cm x 74.6125 cm x 21.59 cm