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SHIRVAN TANBUR
Shirvan tanbur is a pear shaped stringed instrument with either two or three strings. Some versions of tanbur were played with a bow,
but more often it was plucked with fingers or plectrum. The Shirvan Tanbur presented hereby is crafted of mulberry and pear tree, with
the facial side covered with pine, and neck carved of walnut.
The State Museum of Musical
Culture of Azerbaijan, 16135
1982