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<dd>Musical Instrument Museum - Phoenix, AZ</dd></dl><p>Tom (lyre) (20th century, Shilluk (people), South Sudan) - Beaded Stringed Instrument - MIM PHX (2011-04-09 17.35.55 by ksblack99)
<span style="font-size:160%; font-variant: small-caps;"><b>Sudan</b> | <b>South Sudan</b></span>
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<pre><span style="background:transparent;color:#888;font-weight:400;" title="transparent"><b>Side-blown trumpet</b> [(Dinka ?)]</span>
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<pre><span style="background:transparent;color:#888;font-weight:400;" title="transparent"><b>Kisir</b> (lyre)</span>
<span style="background:transparent;color:#888;font-weight:400;" title="transparent">Nubian people, Northern Region, 1960-1964</span>
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<pre><span style="background:transparent;color:#888;font-weight:400;" title="transparent"><b>Lyre</b></span>
<span style="background:transparent;color:#888;font-weight:400;" title="transparent">Early to mid 20<sup>th</sup> c.</span>
<span style="background:transparent;color:#888;font-weight:400;" title="transparent">Wood, cowskin, string, textile ?</span>
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<pre><span style="background:transparent;color:#888;font-weight:400;" title="transparent"><b>Noba</b> (kettle drum)</span>
<span style="background:transparent;color:#888;font-weight:400;" title="transparent">Northern and Central Regions,</span>
<span style="background:transparent;color:#888;font-weight:400;" title="transparent">mid to late 20<sup>th</sup> c.</span>
<span style="background:transparent;color:#888;font-weight:400;" title="transparent">Wood, leather</span>
<span style="background:transparent;color:#888;font-weight:400;" title="transparent">Used by S... sects such as Qad...</span>
<span style="background:transparent;color:#888;font-weight:400;" title="transparent">and S...yya.</span>
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<pre><b>Tom</b> (lyre)
<a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Shilluk" title="Category:Shilluk">Shilluk</a> people, near Malakal, 20<sup>th</sup> c.
Wood, cow skin, glass beads, ...,
snail ? shells, conch ? shells
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<pre><b>Tom</b> (lyre)<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1">[1]</a></sup>
Shilluk people, near Malakal, 20<sup>th</sup> c.
Wood, metal, cow skin, glass beads,
textile, clam shells, cowry shells

<small>T2009.398.2.1</small>
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<pre><b>The lyre, played throughout Sudan, migrated from the Middle East through Saharan</b>
<b>Africa and into Sub-Saharan Africa.</b>
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<pre>Northern <i>kisir</i> ? lyres are often played for
dance, while those in the south, such as
the <i>tom lyre</i>, accompany <i>bardic</i> poetry
and <i>praise</i> songs.

The largest country in Africa, Sudan is
divided <i>north</i> and <i>south</i> by the <i>Sahara</i>
<i>Desert</i> and <i>east</i> and <i>west</i> by the <i>Nile River</i>.
Tha Islamic Arabs of the <i>north</i> use drums
such as the <i>nobo</i> to acompany religious
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<pre>music. Apart from the <i>lyre</i>, the eastern
Sudanese Arabs play one stringed <i>...kiki</i> ?
<i>fidle</i>, the <i>kurbi</i> ? harp, and a variety of drums.
Groups in southern Sudan are known for
ensembles of one-pitched wind instruments
such as the now rare Bongo <i>mand?nd?i</i> ? and
<i>Dinka</i> side-blown trumpets on display.

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