Krar

Object/Artifact

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Anytown Museum

Name/Title

Krar

Entry/Object ID

2017.1.2

Description

The krar, kirar, kerar or kraar is a five- or six-stringed bowl-shaped lyre from Eritrea and Amhara, Oromo, and Tigrinya in Ethiopia. It is tuned to a pentatonic scale.

Use

An instrument commonly used in Ethiopian popular and folk music.

Acquisition

Accession

2017.1

Source or Donor

Catherine Carroll

Acquisition Method

Gift

Made/Created

Time Period

20th Century

Place

Country

Ethiopia

Continent

Africa

Notes

This stringed instrument was made by hand by an unknown Ethiopian artist.

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Instrument, Stringed

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Musical Instruments

Nomenclature Class

Musical T&E

Nomenclature Category

Category 06: Tools & Equipment for Communication

LOC Thesaurus for Graphic Materials

Stringed instruments, Animal skins, Wood carvings, Instruments, Musical

Material

Wood, Parchment, String - Nylon

Web Links and URLs

Video showing how krar is played

Exhibition

Locals Working Globally