COLLECTION NAME:
The AMICA Library
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AMICO~1~1
The AMICA Library
Collection
true
AMICA ID:
MMA_.1998.72
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MMA_.1998.72
AMICA ID
false
AMICA Library Year:
2000
aly
2000
AMICA Library Year
false
Object Type:
Decorative Arts and Utilitarian Objects
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Decorative Arts and Utilitarian Objects
Object Type
false
Creator Name:
Unknown
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Unknown
Creator Name
false
Creator Role:
Artist
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Artist
Creator Role
false
Creator Name-CRT:
Unknown Maker
crt
Unknown Maker
Creator Name-CRT
false
Title:
Kamanche
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Kamanche
Title
false
Title Type:
Object name
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Object name
Title Type
false
View:
Full View
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Full View
View
false
Creation Date:
ca. 1880
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ca. 1880
Creation Date
false
Creation Start Date:
1870
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1870
Creation Start Date
false
Creation End Date:
1890
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1890
Creation End Date
false
Materials and Techniques:
Wood, metal, bone, gut
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Wood, metal, bone, gut
Materials and Techniques
false
Classification Term:
Chordophone/bowed
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Chordophone/bowed
Classification Term
false
Dimensions:
L. 45 in. (102.8 cm); W. 6 in. (15.3 cm); D. 5 1/2 in. (14 cm)
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L. 45 in. (102.8 cm); W. 6 in. (15.3 cm); D. 5 1/2 in. (14 cm)
Dimensions
false
AMICA Contributor:
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
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The Metropolitan Museum of Art
AMICA Contributor
false
Owner Location:
New York, New York, USA
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New York, New York, USA
Owner Location
false
ID Number:
1998.72
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1998.72
ID Number
false
Credit Line:
Purchase, Mr. and Mrs. Thatcher M. Brown III Gift, 1998
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Purchase, Mr. and Mrs. Thatcher M. Brown III Gift, 1998
Credit Line
false
Rights:
orl
<a href="http://www.metmuseum.org/"target="_new">http://www.metmuseum.org/</a>
Rights
false
Context:
Kamanches, or bowed lutes, are often elegantly inlaid or painted, but this example is decorated with minute pieces of wood, bone, and brass in a mosaic technique called "khatam-kari." First described in the tenth century, the kamanche is the earliest documented bowed instrument and is frequently depicted being played by angels in Persian miniatures. Held upright on its spike, it is bowed with the right hand in a palm-up position, a handgrip used when bowed instruments were introduced to Europe and one still used around the world when playing spike fiddles.
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<P>Kamanches, or bowed lutes, are often elegantly inlaid or painted, but this example is decorated with minute pieces of wood, bone, and brass in a mosaic technique called "khatam-kari." First described in the tenth century, the kamanche is the earliest documented bowed instrument and is frequently depicted being played by angels in Persian miniatures. Held upright on its spike, it is bowed with the right hand in a palm-up position, a handgrip used when bowed instruments were introduced to Europe and one still used around the world when playing spike fiddles.</P>
Context
false
Related Image Identifier Link:
MMA_.mi1998.72.R.tif
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MMA_.mi1998.72.R.tif
Related Image Identifier Link
false