Musical bow
- Museum number:
- 9-10948
- Permalink:
- ark:/21549/hm21090010948
- Alternate number:
- 35b (original number)
- Accession number:
- Acc.2696
- Description:
- Bow for stringed musical instrument; wood, horsehair, metal bells; 50 cm. length
- 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 daily to play 'ravanhatha', stringed musical instrument; played by men of wandering musician's caste (bhopa). made by men of 'bhopa' caste
- Department:
- Asia (except western Russia)
- Dimensions:
- length 50 centimeters
- Loans:
- S1974-1975 #4: University Art Museum (UC Berkeley) (July 19, 1974–February 7, 1975), S1974-1975 #67: Civic Arts Center (Walnut Creek) (February 5, 1975–May 7, 1975), and S1985-1986 #36: Music Library (UC Berkeley) (May 5, 1986–June 15, 1987)
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