morin khuur (traditional bowed Mongol fiddle)
~ String instrument
Description
Important to the Mongolians, it is trapezoid shaped with two traditionally horsehair, now often nylon, strings fastened by wooden pegs at the end which is carved like a horse head.
Relationships
| from: | Mongolia |
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| derived from: | chuurqin (ancient predecessor of the Morin khuur) |
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| picture: | https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:National_Museum_of_Ethnology,_Osaka_-_Morin_khuur_-_Mongols.jpg [info] |
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| Wikidata: | Q1129422 [info] |
