Stringed Instrument (Vina Or Tamburi)
date: label: Accession Date
content: 26 Jan 1962
name: label: Collector
content: Government Of India
label: Donor Name
content: Government Of India
notes: label: Notes
content: BEAUTIFULLY CARVED AND DECORATED FOUR STRINGED INSTRUMENT WITH LONG DEEP NECK AND FLAT TOPPED HEMISHERICAL BODY. OF LIGHT TAN, VARNISHED WOOD EXCEPT FOR PEGS, BRIDGE AND TOP SIDE OF NECK WHICH ARE IN DARK WOOD. DECORATED WITH IVORY INLAY ON SIDES AND TOP OF NECK, UPPER EDGE AND TOP OF BODY, ALL OF WHICH BEARS LIGHT INCISED FLORAL PATTERNS COLORED IN RED, BLUE, AND GREEN INK. TWO PAIRS OF DUCKS ACCOMPANY THE FLORAL PATTERNS ON THE TOP PANEL OF THE NECK. LACKS ADDITIONAL GOURD SOUND BOX OFTEN FOUND ON THE VINA SO MAY BE TAMBURI. VERY WELL MADE, VERY GOOD CONDITION, SOME SCRATCHING OF THE DELICATE SURFACE HAS OCCURRED. IDENTIFIED BY COLLECTOR. VERIFIED, PL. 47 AND 48, "ARTS AND CRAFTS OF INDIA AND PAKISTAN",
label: Notes
content: HANTI SWARUP, 1957, BOMBAY; AND PL. 34, "HANDICRAFTS AND INDUSTRIAL ARTS OF INDIA", RUSTAM J. MEHTA, 1960.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 26 Mar 2015
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Tanjore (Thanjavur) area, Madras / Tamil Nadu, India, Asia
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 233799
label: USNM Number
content: E399532A-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Stringed Instrument
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 139 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 34 cm
label: Height - Object
content: 32 cm