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2020.14.1.1

Sitar of wood inlaid with bone or ivory. For the textile cover see 2020.14.1.2

2020.14.1.1

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Collection type
Object
Description
Sitar of wood inlaid with bone or ivory. For the textile cover see 2020.14.1.2
Long description
Sitar with a long wooden neck and gourd resonator. The neck and body are inlaid with mother-of-pearl and bone or ivory with lac decoration. There are no strings remaining but there are seventeen wooden tuning pegs. At the top of the neck is a bone or ivory panel inscribed 'MAKHAN LAL ROY & SONS CALCUTTA'. For the textile cover see 2020.14.1.2
Geographical reference
India
Asia > Southern Asia > India
Kolkata
Person
Maker Makhan Lal Roy and Sons
PRM source Geoffrey Hindley
Associated person Geoffrey Hindley
PRM source John Clifford Hindley
Date
Acquisition information
Found unentered: 2006
Materials and processes
Material Wood Plant, Material Gourd Plant, Material Metal, Material Bone, Material Animal Ivory Tooth, Material Lac Insect Lacquer Varnish, Process Carved, Process Turned, Process Inlaid
Dimensions
Length x Width x Depth 1215 x 350 x 285 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 2020.14.1.1

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