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Description: | A copper-alloy Jews' Harp. The instrument consists of a rounded head and arms which measure 36 mm in length and are angled inwards. The head and arms are diamond shaped in section. One one side, in the centre, the head has a rabbet into which an iron tongue (now missing) was once hammered. This iron tongue would have been twanged to create a sound whilst the rounded head was held lightly between the player's teeth. The total length of the instrument is 57 mm. Similar examples are illustrated in Bailey (1995, pages 76 to 77; figs 4-5). Jews' harps are known to be indigenous to South-East Asia and were introduced to Europe by the time of the Crusades, and are thus found in Britain from the Medieval period (Egan 1998, page 284). However, Post-medieval examples are more commonly found, and this example probably dates from the 18th century.
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