Qanbūs

Unknown

19th Century · Wood and skin. · Musical Instruments

Found throughout the Arabian Peninsula, this plucked short-necked lute is carved from a single wood block and its hollowed body is covered with lamb skin. Linguistic variants of its names are widely distributed from North African to Indonesia. In Sumatra the related term gambus is used to describe an instrument similar to the ūd.

Artist

Unknown

Date

19th Century

Medium

Wood and skin.

Culture

possibly Saudi or Syrian

Department

Musical Instruments

Credit line

The Crosby Brown Collection of Musical Instruments, 1889