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Surnāī

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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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Cataloguing data

Object type
musical instruments
Dimensions
Length: 519 mm
Height: 51,5 cm
Depth: 11 cm
Width: 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

  • Production
    where
    Asia
    Jammu and Kashmir
    Ladakh
    Leh
  • Collecting
    who
    Christian Schneider (1942-09-08 - 2021-06-20) - Former Possessors
  • Change of legal title:
    Acquisition
    Description
    Donation, 2019
  • Assignment to a curated holding:
    Ethnomusicology

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Legal status metadata
CC BY-SA 4.0 DEED

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