Context (Auction / Sale)
The Picken Collection was purchased from Dr Laurence Ernest Rowland Picken in 1977 by the University of Cambridge, with grants from the Victoria and Albert Museum, the Evans fund and the Crowther-Beynon fund. As documented in the Picken Collection Borrowing Ledger, W/16/1, the collection was used extensively for external teaching activities within the University of Cambridge from March 1977 until May 1990. Two boxes with documentation concerning the Picken collection are located in the MAA archives.
Event Date 1977
Author: Remke Velden

Context (CMS Context)
See Picken, L.E.R., 'Folk Musical Instruments of Turkey', 1975, Oxford University Press. See plate 18b and also pp178ff. See also Hornbostel/Sachs system of classification of musical instruments. cit.pp559. The Picken Collection was purchased by the University of Cambridge, with grants from the Victoria and Albert Museum, the Evans fund and the Crowther-Beynon fund.
Event Date 1/6/1995
Author: maa

Description (CMS Description)
Idiochord tube zithers sounded by rubbing. Maize fiddle (misir kemani) and bow (identical). Child's toy. Each with two strings.
Event Date 1/6/1995
Author: maa