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Gujarati

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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Ethnologisches Museum
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Object type
musical instruments
Dimensions
Länge: 270 mm (Korpuslänge)
Objektmaß: 31 x 7,5 x 10 cm
Material/Technique
Wood , Brass, Metal , Plant fibre
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
VII c 1023

Provenance and sources

where
Asia [Kontinent]
Nepal [Land]
Bhaktapur [Stadt]

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

Description
Donation, 2019

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