Sarangi

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String instrument

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Cataloguing data

Object type
Streichinstrument
Dimensions
Width: 200.0 mm
Height: 550.0 mm
Depth: 165.0 mm
Material/Technique
Wood, Ivory, Skin, Metal, Bast fibre, Plant material, Leather
Current location
Museum Natur und Mensch
Inventory number
IV/1180

Provenance and sources

  • Production
    when
    1850 - 1911
    who
    Unbekannt - Makers
  • Change of legal title:
    Purchase
    when
    01.08.1911
  • Change of physical control or legal title
    where
    India (location/origin)
    South Asia (location/origin)
    who
    Josef Mayer - Collectors
  • Assignment to a curated holding:
    South East Asia
Provenance
Purchase from custodian Josef Mayer, 01.08.1911 Mayer probably acquired the lute in the 1860s when he was living in Prayagraj, East India. Nothing is known about the circumstances of the purchase.

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