Mongolian musical instrument Morin-Khuur (Baikal, Russia)

Description

This is a real Buryat-Mongolian musical instrument Morin-Khuur.
Musical instrument sold without a picture.
Length about 103 cm. Base width
about
26 cm.  Resonator case thickness
about
11,5 cm. Resonator case height
about
30 cm. Weight approximately 1,2 kg.
Material: wood (birch, beech, spruce, cedar), nylon, horsehair. The bow is made of birch and horsehair . The back wall of the resonator is made of birch cap. Pegs are made of beech. The strings is nylon.
Packaging - plywood box about 113 cm x 36 cm x 22.5 cm. Package weight is about 7 kg.
Handmade. Ulan-Ude, Republic of Buryatia, Russia.
The Buryat-Mongolian musical instrument Morin-Khuur, by decision of UNESCO, received in 2005 a certificate confirming the approval of the Mongolian national instrument Morin Khuur as a treasury of the cultural heritage of mankind.
Morin Khuur is one of the symbols of Mongolian cultural unity. According to legend, Chinggis Khan himself had his own golden huur, which he loved, like a jealous husband loves his wife, and was ready to execute any of his confidants who would dare to separate Chinggis Khan from his "violin".
Morin Khuur, literally “instrument with a horse's head”) is a stringed stringed musical instrument of Mongolian origin, common in Mongolia, regionally in northern China (primarily the Inner Mongolia region) and Russia (in Buryatia, Tuva, Irkutsk Region and Trans-Baikal Territory). Morin Khuur is a Mongolian two-string bow musical instrument. The name of the Morin Khuur consists of Mongolian words: Morin is a horse, and khuur is a string, voice.