Cymbals
- Museum number:
- 9-11313
- Permalink:
- ark:/21549/hm21090011313
- Alternate number:
- 418 (original number)
- Accession number:
- Acc.2696
- Description:
- Cymbals, pair; brass,connected by string of braided cotton thread; each 7.5 cm. diameter; length when extended 48 cm.
- Donor:
- Mr. and Mrs. Thomas J. Ready, Jr. Fund
- Collection place:
- India
- Verbatim coll. place:
- India unsp. (central & no; rth India)
- Culture or time period:
- Indian
- Collector:
- Renaldo "Ronald" Maduro
- Materials:
- Brass (alloy)
- Object type:
- ethnography
- Object class:
- Cymbals
- Function:
- 5.4 Secular and Religious Musical Instruments
- Accession date:
- November 11, 1970
- Context of use:
- (?)Used in temple ceremonies as mus.instrument (for rhythmic accompaniment in devotional music and dance.) Held by the loop & struck mainly on the edges. Found all over central & northern India, most complex in Rajasthan, where a performer may play as many as 20 manjiras simultaneously.
- Department:
- Asia (except western Russia)
- Loans:
- S1977-1978 #2: Music Library (UC Berkeley) (July 27, 1977–October 6, 1977) and S1985-1986 #36: Music Library (UC Berkeley) (May 5, 1986–June 15, 1987)
- Legacy documentation:
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