Fiddle And Bow/ Sarangi
name: label: Collector
content: Rajah Sourindro M. Tagore
label: Donor Name
content: Accession Number Unknown
notes: label: Notes
content: FROM CARD: "ILLUS. IN BULL. 136, USNM, PL. 43-B P. 96. A STRINGED INSTRUMENT, PLAYED WITH A BOW. CARVED FROM A BLOCK OF WOOD, LACQUERED AND DECORATED IN GILT. METAL PEGS; FOUR CATGUT STRINGS, AND BENEATH THEM ELEVEN SYMPATHETIC STRINGS OF THIN BRASS WIRE. THE SARANGI IS THE FIDDLE OF HINDUSTAN. IT IS PLAYED WITH A BOW, THE HAIRS OF WHICH ARE LOOSE AND ARE TIGHTENED WITH THE HAND AT THE TIME OF PLAYING. THE INSTRUMENT IS HELD AFTER THE MANNER OF THE BASS-VIOL, AND THE PERFORMER DOES NOT PRESS THE CATGUT STRINGS DOWN UPON THE FINGER BOARD, BUT TOUCHES THEM AT THE SIDE, TO PRODUCE THE DESIRED TONES. THE SYMPATHETIC STRINGS ARE NEVER TOUCHED BY THE BOW, BUT VIBRATE IN UNISON WITH THE SOUNDS OF THE GUT STRINGS. THIS INSTRUMENT IS VERY ANCIENT. IT IS USED IN THE PERFORMANCES OF THE HINDUSTANI NAUTCH-GIRLS."
label: Record Last Modified
content: 21 Apr 2025
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Bengal, India, Asia
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Bengali
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 000000
label: USNM Number
content: E54072-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Fiddle/Fiddle Bow