The 19th Century Lyre Made From a Human Skull

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Date: 19th century
Medium: human skull, antelope horn, skin, gut, hair
Classification: Chordophone-Lyre-plucked
Credit Line: The Crosby Brown Collection of Musical Instruments, 1889

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Via The Metropolitan Museum of Art.

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