Krar lyre

Also known as Krar

Pluck a five or six-string bowl lyre to follow notes through pentatonic scales, then compose small songs.

Heritage note

Part of the living heritage of Ethiopia, Eritrea.

Origins

Usually placed in the era of Classical Worlds (about 1000 BCE to 500 CE), although its exact origins are uncertain, within the cultural world of Africa: Nile and the Horn.

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Sources

commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Krar_Linden-Museum_F55878.jpg

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