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1994.11.0239 :: lyra, kordofon, kissar

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En femsträngad lyra där instrumentkroppen består av en emaljskål som överdragits av skinn. Metallsträngarna är fästade på ett ok av trä som vilar på två stavar av trä som på mitten sammanbinds av en plastremm.

Den här typen av lyra kommer ursprungligen från Etiopien och kallas kissar. Instrumentet är numera spritt över nordöstra Afrika ner till Zaire. "Afrikansk Musik", Sveriges Radio, Stockholm, 1973, s 23. För vidare läsning se Wegner, Ulrich, "Afrikanische Saiteninstrumente", Veröffentlichungen des Museums für Völkerkunde, Berlin,1984, s 93-113.

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1994.11.0239 :: lyra, kordofon, kissar

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