Category:Kwitra

**Kwitra**
	Algerian stringed instrument
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Subclass of	chordophone; lute;
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Emma at dusepo.co.uk (v.4.2: 2012-03-09). [J-K] Kwitra. The stringed Instrument Database. ""
"Kwitra / Alternative names: Kouitra, Quitra, Quwaytara. / Origin: Algeria. / Tuning: G3 G3, E4 E4, A3 A3, D4 D4. / Strings/Courses: 8/4 / Further notes: Nylon strings. / Scale Length: "
Quwaytara (late 19th century, Moroccan) [Accession Number: 89.4.401]. Metropolitan Museum of Art (MET).
"[location] On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 681. ",
"A smaller, narrower, and more decorative variant of the Arab ūd, the quwaytara is now found only in Algeria. Its name means "Andalusian ūd," referencing music introduced to North Africa by Moors following their expulsion from Iberia at the end of the fifteenth century. This beautiful version features a vase-shaped Tree of Life soundhole. "
"Artwork Details: ",
"Overview: ",
"Title: Quwaytara ",
"Date: late 19th century ",
"Geography: Morocco ",
"Culture: Moroccan ",
"Medium: Wood, mother-of-pearl ",
"Dimensions: W. 9 13/16 × D. 7 × L. 32 1/2 in. (25 × 17.8 × 82.5 cm) /
Body L. 17 in. (43.2 cm.) fingerboard to nut 9 1/2 in. (24.2 cm) /
String length: 23 9/16 in. (59.8 cm)
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"Classification: Chordophone-Lute-plucked-unfretted ",
"Credit Line: The Crosby Brown Collection of Musical Instruments, 1889 ",
"Accession Number: 89.4.401 "
"Provenance: Mary Elizabeth Adams Brown ",
"References:
- Catalogue of the Crosby Brown Collection of Musical Instruments: Historical Groups, Gallery 39. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, 1905, p. 47.
- Catalogue of the Crosby Brown Collection of Musical Instruments of All Nations: I. Europe, Galleries 25 and 26, Central Cases of Galleries 27 and 28. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, 1902, vol. 13, p. 18.
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