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Sanāi

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This sanāi has a slightly curved body, eight frontal tone holes and a raised thumb hole. The body has double windings with braided hemp cord at both ends. There are single windings between the equal tone holes. There are also two mouthpieces made from two pairs of palm leaf segments. Traces of red paint can be seen on the relatively small tin funnel                                

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Cataloguing data

Object type
musical instruments
Dimensions
Length: 400 mm
Height: 47 cm
Depth: 13 cm
Width: 10,5 cm
Material/Technique
Wood , Sheet metal , Plant fibre (hemp), Plant material , Brass
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
VII c 1025

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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