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rebec

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  • Other Name

    lira

  • Description

    rebec, small wooden, three stringed, golden coloured, diamond shaped scroll with three large wooden pegs on front surface, soft round body made from kauri and cedar, with vellum trim, two half circle sound holes

    on either side of the raised tailpiece, holes are surrounded by rewarewa (?) inlaid into the top, fingerboard of puriri ir kohekohe (?), tailpiece of rock maple - also serves as a bridge, rosewood pegs

    1 three-stringed rebec

    Robert C White, Petone, Wellington, New Zealand, circa 1972

    cedar, Kauri, rewarewa, puriri, [maple], rosewood, vellum, gut 615 x 210 x 100 mm

    1998.60.282 Castle 427

    Based on a 12th century English facsimile, this lira was made from Kauri retrieved the Empress Ballroom near Ronald Castle’s Newtown pharmacy.

  • Place
    Petone/Wellington/New Zealand
  • Accession Number
    1998.60.282
  • Accession Date
    10 Oct 1998
  • Other Id

    427 (Castle)

  • Department

    Applied Arts and Design

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