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Folk clarinet

Folk clarinet

Vernacular name:Maqrūnah
Vernacular name:Mizmār
Date: 1950-1954 ca.
Place Made:Libya, Africa
Serial No: none
Signednone
MarkingsInscribed in pokerwork on left pipe: Steve Amundson / "Steve" / '54
Inscribed in pokerwork on right pipe: 19oƐ / Tripoli / Libya
DescriptionDouble folk clarinet with two idioglot reeds on top of two parallel cane tubes each with five fingerholes attached to two animal horn bells.
DimensionsOverall length: 340 mm

ProvenanceArne B. Larson Collection, Vermillion, South Dakota, 1979.
Terms
Credit Line: Arne B. Larson Collection, 1979
Not on view
Object number: 05600