Wood blocks

Museum number:
9-13300a-c
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm210913300a@2dc
Accession number:
Acc.3247
Description:
Tuning wedges;wood;depression cut in top;L:a,b,c, 9.3 cm. w: a)3 cm.;b)2.9 cm;c) 2.8 cm.
Donor:
Peter Claus and University Appropriation
Collection place:
India
Verbatim coll. place:
India,Mysore,Karnataka,S.; Kanara,Udipi Taluk:Tuluva
Materials:
Wood (plant material)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Tuning devices
Function:
5.4 Secular and Religious Musical Instruments
Accession date:
July 23, 1976
Context of use:
Used as tuning wedges for drums
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Wood blocks, accession number 9-13300a-c, described as Tuning wedges;wood;depression cut in top;L:a,b,c, 9.3 cm. w: a)3 cm.;b)2.9 cm;c) 2.8 cm.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Wood blocks, accession number 9-13300a-c, described as Tuning wedges;wood;depression cut in top;L:a,b,c, 9.3 cm. w: a)3 cm.;b)2.9 cm;c) 2.8 cm.

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