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Charangos

Scope note

Small, fretted, plucked lutelike instruments of the Andes region of South America, existing in many shapes and with differing numbers of strings; of the two main types, one is of wood and flat-backed, the other has a round back of armadillo shell.

Term type

AAT

Getty AAT term number

3000214255

Equivalent Terms used

charango

Created

12yrs ago

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