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Baganas

Scope note

Large, usually rectangular but occasionally round, box lyres of Ethiopia and the Sudan with ten strings tuned in pairs in octaves, played with a plectrum. KAUF

Term type

AAT

Getty AAT term number

300042116

Broader Terms used

box lyres

Equivalent Terms used

bagana

Created

13yrs ago

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