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Surnāī

This double-reed instrument has a metal body with seven frontal tone holes and an openwork nickel silver casing decorated with floral motifs. There is a larger circumferential ring on the funnel. Several turquoises adorn the instrument between the finger holes. It is a surnāī, which is played at social and religious ceremonies in Jammu and Kashmir and Himachal Pradesh.

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Ethnologisches Museum
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Object type
musical instruments
Dimensions
Länge: 519 mm
Objektmaß: 51,5 x 11 x 11 cm
Material/Technique
Wood , Nickel silver, Stone (turquoise), Pipe
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
VII c 1004

Provenance and sources

where
Asia [Kontinent]
Jammu and Kashmir [Bundesstaat]
Ladakh [Division/ Bezirk]
Leh [Stadt]

who
Christian Schneider (1942-09-08 - 2021-06-20) - Former Possessors

Description
Donation, 2019

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