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Box lyres

Scope note

Lyres having a built-up wooden box serving as a resonator and a wooden soundboard, existing today primarily in Ethiopia. MARCUS

Term type

AAT

Getty AAT term number

300042120

Broader Terms used

lyres

Narrower Terms used

rottes
kitharas
crwths
baganas

Term used for

lyres, box

Equivalent Terms used

box lyre

Created

13yrs ago

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