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Bumbasses

Scope note

European zitherlike chordophones consisting of a heavy gut string attached at each end to a long wooden pole and passing over an inflated pig's bladder which serves as a resonator. They are sounded with a notched stick or horsehair bow, to provide a droning accompaniment to folksong or dance.

Term type

AAT

Getty AAT term number

3000195357

Equivalent Terms used

bumbass

Created

13yrs ago

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