Musical Instrument -- Rababa
date: label: Accession Date
content: 19 Oct 1988
label: Collection Date
content: August, 1966
name: label: Collector
content: Alixa Naff
label: Donor Name
content: George Naff
notes: label: Notes
content: 2 STRING INSTRUMENT CONSISTING OF GOURD BODY COVERED W. RAWHIDE BELLY, DA 8 CM (GLUED TO GOURD), 5 SOUND HOLES IN BOTTOM OF GOURD; NECK: ROUND STICK, 52 CM, ATTACHED TO GOURD W. IRON ROD, 2 PEGS; 2 METAL STRINGS TIED AROUND PEGS WITH CORD & ATTACHED TO IRON ROD ON FAR SIDE OF BELLY, TINY "BRIDGE" OF BALSA WOOD RESTING ON BELLY; HEAD OF TURNED WOOD; BOW STICK 48 CM, VEGETABLE FIBER TWISTED STRING HELD ALOFT BY TWO METAL LOOPS. STRING BROKEN. MADE BY THE MUSICIAN IN LATE 1940'S FOR HIS FIRST SON'S CIRCUMCISION CELEBRATIONS POPULAR MUSICAL INSTRUMENT PLAYED ON BOTH CEREMONIAL AND OCCASIONS FOR CASUAL ENTERTAINMENT. PURCHASED BY COLLECTOR FROM LOCAL MUSICIAN, IN ASWAN.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 28 Nov 2014
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Aswan, Egypt, Africa
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Egyptian
label: Culture
content: Arabic-Islamic
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 378937
label: USNM Number
content: E424852-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Stringed Instrument
physicalDescription: label: Diameter - Body
content: 8 cm
label: Unknown - Stick
content: 52 cm
label: Unknown - Bow
content: 48 cm
label: Length
content: 84 cm