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)