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Shahnāī

This Shahnāī has a wooden body with seven frontal tone holes and a metal funnel. The features include a slot for storing the replacement mouthpieces and a pin for pressing them on. This double-reed instrument was acquired by a private collector in Jaipur in 2006.

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Cataloguing data

Object type
musical instruments
Dimensions
Length: 512 mm
Height: 50,5 cm
Depth: 7 cm
Width: 7 cm
Material/Technique
Wood , Metal , Thread (cotton)
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
VII c 999

Provenance and sources

  • Production
    where
    Asia
    India
    Benares
  • 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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