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Sruni

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 This sruni is a masked oboe and a temple instrument. "Makara" is a creature from Hindu mythology. It was the mount of the Hindu gods Gangā and Varuna. The slender body made of jacqueira wood has six frontal tone holes, a protruding thumb hole and a resonance hole in the upper part of the funnel. It has a relatively large bell in the shape of a "makara" - a carved chimera, half water snake, half fish, with eyes, two fangs each, small ears, large curved horns and hints of wings. The predominant colours of the body were green and red. The lip disc and mouthpiece are missing.

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Cataloguing data

Object type
musical instruments
Dimensions
Length: 340 mm
Height: 34 cm
Depth: 8 cm
Width: 4,5 cm
Material/Technique
Wood, Metal
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
VII c 1068

Provenance and sources

  • Production
    where
    Asia
    Indonesia
    Bali
    Lombok
    East Java
    Madura
  • Collecting
    who
    Christian Schneider (1942-09-08 - 2021-06-20) - Former Possessors
  • Change of legal title:
    Acquisition
    Description
    Donation, 2019

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Legal status metadata
CC BY-SA 4.0 DEED

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