Musical bow
- Museum number:
- 9-10950
- Permalink:
- ark:/21549/hm21090010950
- Alternate number:
- 34b (original number)
- Accession number:
- Acc.2696
- Description:
- bow for stringed musical instrument; wood, horsehair, bells, cloth; Length 53 cm.
- Donor:
- Mr. and Mrs. Thomas J. Ready, Jr. Fund
- Collection place:
- Udaipur district, Rajasthan, India
- Verbatim coll. place:
- India; Rajasthan, Udaipur district
- Culture or time period:
- Indian
- Collector:
- Renaldo "Ronald" Maduro
- Collection date:
- July 1969
- Materials:
- Horsehair and Wood (plant material)
- Object type:
- ethnography
- Object class:
- Musical bows
- Function:
- 5.4 Secular and Religious Musical Instruments
- Accession date:
- November 11, 1970
- Context of use:
- Used for playing 'ravanhatha', stringed musical instrument; Used by men of wandering musician's caste (bhopa). made by men of 'bhopa' caste.
- Department:
- Asia (except western Russia)
- Dimensions:
- length 53 centimeters
- Loans:
- S1977-1978 #2: Music Library (UC Berkeley) (July 27, 1977–October 6, 1977)
- Images:
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- Legacy documentation:
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