Sintir

Unknown

19th century · Wood, skin, leather · Musical Instruments

The distribution of this low-pitched, plucked lute is confined to Morocco and Algeria, where it is used by the Gnawa people. It supports singers along with rhythmic clapping and quarkabeb (clappers), and at times it aids ritual trance induction.

Artist

Unknown

Date

19th century

Medium

Wood, skin, leather

Culture

possibly Sudanese

Department

Musical Instruments

Credit line

Gift of Miss Alice Getty, 1946