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Gujarati

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This Gujarati has a slightly curved body with eight frontal tone holes and no thumb hole.  The uppermost tone hole is clogged, the body apparently broke at the lowest one. It was mended and is now concealed in the body shaft. The curved body is typical of the instrument. Both halves of the body are secured by seven interlocking brass bands between the tone holes and reinforced at both ends. The small funnel was secured with sealing wax. The rear longitudinal seam was also sealed;

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Cataloguing data

Object type
musical instruments
Dimensions
Length: 270 mm
Height: 31 cm
Depth: 10 cm
Width: 7,5 cm
Material/Technique
Wood , Brass, Metal , Plant fibre
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
VII c 1023

Provenance and sources

  • Production
    where
    Asia
    Nepal
    Bhaktapur
  • 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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