Kamānche, ca. 1880, Tehran, Iran (Persia), Iranian (Persian), Wood, metal, bone, gut, Height: 40 1/2 in. (102.9 cm), Chordophone-Lute-bowed-unfretted, Kamānches, 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
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Kamānche, ca, 1880, Tehran, Iran, Persia, Iranian, Persian, Wood, metal, bone, gut, Height, 40 1/2, 102.9 cm, Chordophone-Lute-bowed-unfretted, Kamānches, bowed lutes, elegantly inlaid, painted, example, decorated, minute pieces, wood, brass, mosaic technique, khatam-kari, First described, tenth century, kamanche, earliest documented bowed, instrument, frequently depicted, played, angels, Persian miniatures
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