Sgra-Snyan lute,14th–16th century,Tibetan. Related to <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/tungana" class="extiw" title="w:tungana">tungana</a>. From museum: 
"The body, with two skin-covered chambers, is a rare example of an archaic transitional form that seems to point to the Afghan robab, and various Himalayan lute types. Decorative elements, such as green-colored skins, like those of the damarn, and the portraits of Buddha and musicians, rendered on painted ivory with gold leaf, are typical of fifteenth-century Tibet. The back, fingerboard, and pegbox reveal cartouches and palmettes reminiscent of seventeenth-century Persia...Originally, there were six strings attached to this instrument, but the pegbox was shortened to accommodate five, with a possible sixth string attached to a side peg."
Unnamed photographer, released by Metropolitan Museum of Art into public domain in the source web page.
14th-16th century C.E.
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