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55 relations: Africa, African art, Ancient Egypt, Ancient Greek, Antwerp, Blood diamond, Bobbin, Bow frog, Buxus, Cabinetry, Calamander wood, Cello, Chess piece, Chinrest, Crucifix, Dalbergia melanoxylon, Diospyros, Diospyros celebica, Diospyros crassiflora, Diospyros ebenum, Diospyros tessellaria, Double bass, Dutch Mauritius, Ebonite, Ebonol (material), Egyptian language, Evolution of the Dutch Empire, Fingerboard, Gibson, Guitar, Hardwood, Harpsichord, Illegal logging in Madagascar, India, Indonesia, International Union for Conservation of Nature, Ivory, Lacey Act of 1900, Latin, Makassar, Mandolin, Middle English, Musical instrument, Paris, Persimmon, Piano, Plectrum, Relief, Sculpture, Sri Lanka, ..., Tailpiece, Tuning peg, United States Fish and Wildlife Service, Viola, Violin. Expand index (5 more) »
Africa
Africa is the world's second largest and second most-populous continent (behind Asia in both categories).
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African art
African art describes the modern and historical paintings, sculptures, installations, and other visual culture from native or indigenous Africans and the African continent.
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Ancient Egypt
Ancient Egypt was a civilization of ancient Northeastern Africa, concentrated along the lower reaches of the Nile River - geographically Lower Egypt and Upper Egypt, in the place that is now occupied by the countries of Egypt and Sudan.
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Ancient Greek
The Ancient Greek language includes the forms of Greek used in ancient Greece and the ancient world from around the 9th century BC to the 6th century AD.
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Antwerp
Antwerp (Antwerpen, Anvers) is a city in Belgium, and is the capital of Antwerp province in Flanders.
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Blood diamond
Blood diamonds (also called conflict diamonds, war diamonds, hot diamonds, or red diamonds) is a term used for a diamond mined in a war zone and sold to finance an insurgency, an invading army's war efforts, or a warlord's activity.
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Bobbin
A bobbin is a spindle or cylinder, with or without flanges, on which wire, yarn, thread or film is wound.
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Bow frog
The bow frog is the end part of a stringed musical instrument's bow that encloses the mechanism responsible for tightening and holding the bow hair ribbon.
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Buxus
Buxus is a genus of about 70 species in the family Buxaceae.
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Cabinetry
A cabinet is a box-shaped piece of furniture with doors and/or drawers for storing miscellaneous items.
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Calamander wood
300px Calamander or coromandel is a valuable wood from Sri Lanka (Ceylon) and South East Asia.
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Cello
The cello (plural cellos or celli) or violoncello is a string instrument.
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Chess piece
A chess piece, or chessman, is any of the six different movable objects used on a chessboard to play the game of chess.
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Chinrest
A chinrest is a shaped piece of wood (or plastic) attached to the body of a violin or a viola to aid in the positioning of the player's jaw or chin on the instrument.
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Crucifix
A crucifix (from Latin cruci fixus meaning "(one) fixed to a cross") is an image of Jesus on the cross, as distinct from a bare cross.
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Dalbergia melanoxylon
Dalbergia melanoxylon (African blackwood, grenadilla, or mpingo) is a flowering plant in the family Fabaceae, native to seasonally dry regions of Africa from Senegal east to Eritrea and south to the north-eastern parts of South Africa.
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Diospyros
Diospyros is a genus of over 700 species of deciduous and evergreen trees and shrubs.
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Diospyros celebica
Diospyros celebica (commonly known as black ebony or Makassar ebony) is a species of flowering tree in the family Ebenaceae that is endemic to the island of Sulawesi in Indonesia.
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Diospyros crassiflora
Diospyros crassiflora, commonly known as Gabon ebony, African ebony, West African ebony, and Benin ebony, Plant Resources of Tropical Africa.
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Diospyros ebenum
Diospyros ebenum, or Ceylon ebony, is a species of tree in the genus Diospyros and the family Ebenaceae.
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Diospyros tessellaria
Diospyros tessellaria (black ebony, bois d'ebene noir or Mauritian ebony) is a species of tree in the family Ebenaceae.
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Double bass
The double bass, or simply the bass (and numerous other names), is the largest and lowest-pitched bowed string instrument in the modern symphony orchestra.
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Dutch Mauritius
Mauritius was an official settlement of the Dutch East India Company on the island of Mauritius between 1638 and 1710, and used a refreshing station for passing ships.
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Ebonite
Ebonite is a brand name for very hard rubber first obtained by Charles Goodyear by vulcanizing natural rubber for prolonged periods.
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Ebonol (material)
Ebonol is a synthetic material whose name derives from its similarity in appearance, hardness, and stability to ebony wood.
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Egyptian language
The Egyptian language was spoken in ancient Egypt and was a branch of the Afro-Asiatic languages.
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Evolution of the Dutch Empire
The Evolution of the Dutch Empire can be traced through the history of the various territories which it comprised.
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Fingerboard
The fingerboard (also known as a fretboard on fretted instruments) is an important component of most stringed instruments.
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Gibson
Gibson Brands, Inc. (formerly Gibson Guitar Corp.) is an American manufacturer of guitars, other musical instruments, and consumer and professional electronics from Kalamazoo, Michigan and now based in Nashville, Tennessee.
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Guitar
The guitar is a fretted musical instrument that usually has six strings.
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Hardwood
Hardwood is wood from dicot trees.
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Harpsichord
A harpsichord is a musical instrument played by means of a keyboard which activates a row of levers that in turn trigger a mechanism that plucks one or more strings with a small plectrum.
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Illegal logging in Madagascar
Illegal logging has been a problem in Madagascar for decades and is perpetuated by extreme poverty and government corruption.
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India
India (IAST), also called the Republic of India (IAST), is a country in South Asia.
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Indonesia
Indonesia (or; Indonesian), officially the Republic of Indonesia (Republik Indonesia), is a transcontinental unitary sovereign state located mainly in Southeast Asia, with some territories in Oceania.
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International Union for Conservation of Nature
The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN; officially International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources) is an international organization working in the field of nature conservation and sustainable use of natural resources.
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Ivory
Ivory is a hard, white material from the tusks (traditionally elephants') and teeth of animals, that can be used in art or manufacturing.
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Lacey Act of 1900
The Lacey Act of 1900, or simply the Lacey Act is a conservation law in the United States that prohibits trade in wildlife, fish, and plants that have been illegally taken, possessed, transported, or sold.
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Latin
Latin (Latin: lingua latīna) is a classical language belonging to the Italic branch of the Indo-European languages.
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Makassar
Makassar (Buginese-Makassar language: ᨀᨚᨈ ᨆᨀᨔᨑ) – sometimes spelled Macassar – is the provincial capital of South Sulawesi, Indonesia.
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Mandolin
A mandolin (mandolino; literally "small mandola") is a stringed musical instrument in the lute family and is usually plucked with a plectrum or "pick".
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Middle English
Middle English (ME) is collectively the varieties of the English language spoken after the Norman Conquest (1066) until the late 15th century; scholarly opinion varies but the Oxford English Dictionary specifies the period of 1150 to 1500.
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Musical instrument
A musical instrument is an instrument created or adapted to make musical sounds.
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Paris
Paris is the capital and most populous city of France, with an area of and a population of 2,206,488.
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Persimmon
The persimmon (sometimes spelled persimon) is the edible fruit of a number of species of trees in the genus Diospyros.
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Piano
The piano is an acoustic, stringed musical instrument invented in Italy by Bartolomeo Cristofori around the year 1700 (the exact year is uncertain), in which the strings are struck by hammers.
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Plectrum
A plectrum is a small flat tool used to pluck or strum a stringed instrument.
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Relief
Relief is a sculptural technique where the sculpted elements remain attached to a solid background of the same material.
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Sculpture
Sculpture is the branch of the visual arts that operates in three dimensions.
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Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka (Sinhala: ශ්රී ලංකා; Tamil: இலங்கை Ilaṅkai), officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, is an island country in South Asia, located in the Indian Ocean to the southwest of the Bay of Bengal and to the southeast of the Arabian Sea.
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Tailpiece
A tailpiece is a component on many stringed musical instruments that anchors one end of the strings, usually opposite the end with the tuning mechanism (the scroll, headstock, peghead, etc.).
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Tuning peg
A tuning peg is used to hold a string in the pegbox of a stringed instrument.
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United States Fish and Wildlife Service
The United States Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS or FWS) is an agency of the federal government within the U.S. Department of the Interior dedicated to the management of fish, wildlife, and natural habitats.
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Viola
The viola is a string instrument that is bowed or played with varying techniques.
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Violin
The violin, also known informally as a fiddle, is a wooden string instrument in the violin family.
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References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ebony
