Instrument

Museum number:

9-10942a,b

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Alternate number:

305 (original number)

Accession number:

Acc.2696

Description:

Instrument, percussion; wood & tin with tamborine parts for noise (a,b) Length 27.5 cm;width 7.5 cm. each. two tiny brass bells on top of each;

Donor:

Mr. and Mrs. Thomas J. Ready, Jr. Fund

Collection place:

Varanasi (city), Varanasi District, Uttar Pradesh

Verbatim coll. place:

India,Uttar Pradesh,; Benares

Culture or time period:

Indian

Collector:

Renaldo "Ronald" Maduro

Collection date:

January 1970

Materials:

Brass (alloy), Tin (metal), and Wood (plant material)

Object type:

ethnography

Object class:

Musical instruments

Function:

5.4 Secular and Religious Musical Instruments

Accession date:

November 11, 1970

Context of use:

Used by men and women when chanting in temples or homes; both pieces held in right hand, thumb inserted into smaller hole, other fingers in larger hole, then struck together. Often played in conjunction with the "ektara" [a type of string instrument]. See 9-10941 for another example. See card for same spec, for additional info

Department:

Asia (except western Russia)

Dimensions:

width 7.5 centimeters and length 27.5 centimeters

Loans:

S1977-1978 #2: Music Library (UC Berkeley) (July 27, 1977–October 6, 1977)

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