Sujet

Musical Instruments in the South Kensington Museum: Hindoo Tamboura, 1870. Creator: Unknown.

Légende

Musical Instruments in the South Kensington Museum: Hindoo Tamboura, 1870. 'The tamboura, with strings of wire tuned by pegs, to be struck with a plectrum of tortoiseshell, or a vulture's feather, is common in Persia, Asiatic Turkey, Egypt, and Hindostan. It was known to the ancient Egyptians and Assyrians three thousand years ago'. From "Illustrated London News", 1870.

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector

Notre référence

HRM24A49_328

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Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

27,8Mo (847,5Ko) / 16,6cm x 42,0cm / 1956 x 4959 (300dpi)

Mots clés

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