BassClef Posted April 28, 2015 Report Share Posted April 28, 2015 The first instrument is a "Bowed Lute, Philippines" located in the Hall of Pacific Peoples in the American Museum of Natural History. The second just arrived at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in a new temporary exhibit titled Sultans of Deccan India, 1500-1700 And here's a link to 14 good photos of this instrument from the museum's website: LINK There are other such oddities that I can post if anyone's interested. I'll take pics next time I see them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rue Posted April 28, 2015 Report Share Posted April 28, 2015 Cool! I might consider using that box style as the template for my first violin... It might be a tad more manageable for me... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben Hebbert Posted April 30, 2015 Report Share Posted April 30, 2015 Hmm, bowed lute eh? how absurd. Ethnomusicologists like to classify instruments according to a silly system called Hornbostel-Sachs - in which, rather than respecting the name given to an instrument by the cultures that use it, or making sensible observations, they are categorised rather like books in a library. So this (or a violin for that matter is a Composite Chordophone>Lute>Bow Lute - or, if it makes it easier, a 321.1 (yup, seriously!) ... it's an excellent system for organising a store cupboard, but not for displaying the materials of a given culture. Whatever the person who made it, or played it thought it was becomes irrelevant - Museums eh? ripping culture up and spitting on it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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