Tār
| Title | Tār |
|---|---|
| Date | late 19th century 19th century |
| Medium | Wood, bladder?, bone, mother-of-pearl |
| Classification | Chordophone-Lute-plucked-fretted |
| Origin | Iranian (Persian) Iranian |
| Holding institution | The Metropolitan Museum of Art |
| Credit line | The Crosby Brown Collection of Musical Instruments, 1889 |
| Rights | Public domain (CC0). Free to use for any purpose. |
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Dated to late 19th century. Explore the wider set of works from the 19th century held in the archive.
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Recorded origin: Iranian (Persian). Browse more public-domain art from Iranian.
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Made available through the The Metropolitan Museum of Art open-access programme, which explicitly places this work in the public domain.
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