The kamancheh is an Iranian bowed string instrument related to the rebab that is used for both folk and classical music. The instrument is also used in Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Turkey with regional variations in shape and style. Older and more traditional kamanchehs, such as this 19th century example, use three silk strings, will modern instruments use four metal strings tuned in the same way as a violin.
Muscial instrument (lute, tar) with 3 strings and reddish wooden cocoanut-shaped sounding-box covered with parchment. Wood stem section with 3 hooks for metal strings.
- Description
- Musical instrument (lute, tar) with three strings and reddish wooden cocoanut-shaped sounding-box covered with parchment. Stem of wood, section with 3 hooks for strings, metal. Persian.
- Collection
- Freer Study Collection
- Data Source
- Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
- Date
- 19th century
- Credit Line
- Gift of Ernst Herzfeld
- Medium
- Wood and hide
- Type
- Musical Instrument
