Images from The Beede Gallery Persian Lute and Drum Left:  NMM 2420.  Long-necked lute (tar), Persia, ca. 1925. Hand-painted. Purchase funds gift of Barnes and Usher Abell, Vermillion, 1978. Right:  NMM 2424.  Goblet drum (zarb), Persia, ca. 1925. Hand-painted. Purchase funds gift of Barnes and Usher Abell, Vermillion, 1978.   Click arrow to continue Beede Gallery Tour Go to Beede Gallery Tour Index Go to Virtual Gallery Tour Index Postcard of these instruments available from Gift Shop National Music Museum The University of South Dakota 414 East Clark Street Vermillion, SD   57069 ©National Music Museum, 1996-2006 Most recent update:   April 3, 2006 You are the 824th visitor to this page. College of Fine Arts The University of South Dakota Return to Top of Page