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Title
195 Bedouin with a one-string violin, the body of the instrument is a wooden frame over which a piece of hide has been stretched. With a violin bow he played a very lively tune, the finger of the left hand only pressing lightly against the one string to alter the tone
Creator
De Meiss-Teuffen
Contributor
Gifford M. Mast
Date Created and/or Issued
[Date not indicated]
Publication Information
Keystone View Company
Contributing Institution
UC Riverside, California Museum of Photography
Collection
Keystone-Mast Collection
Rights Information
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Description
195 Bedouin with a one-string violin, the body of the instrument is a wooden frame over which a piece of hide has been stretched. With a violin bow he played a very lively tune, the finger of the left hand only pressing lightly against the one string to alter the tone.
Man playing a square string instrument outside with a bow
Type
image
Format
Keystone photo print 7.18 in. x 4.18 in.
Identifier
http://ark.cdlib.org/ark:/13030/kt85803261
1996.0009.KU105021
Language
English
Subject
People
Men
Equipment
Musical instruments
Stringed instruments
Violins
Place
Asia
Iraq
Latitude: 33 00 00 N
Longitude: 044 00 00 E

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