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1891.59.20

Musical bow

1891.59.20

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Collection type
Object
Description
Musical bow
Long description
Musical bow. A plain bow made of a flat lath of bamboo, painted black, with silvered painted decoration, perforated at the ends for a fine string of twisted gut.
Geographical reference
India
Asia > Southern Asia > India
Person
Field collector Raja Sourindra Mohan Tagore
PRM source Henry Balfour
Date / Period
Date made: Before 1891
Date collected
1891
Acquisition information
Loaned: 1891 Bequeathed: 1939
Materials and processes
Material Bamboo Plant, Material Animal Gut, Material Pigment, Process Painted, Process Scraped Carved
Dimensions
Width: max 195 mm, Length: max 1140 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 1891.59.20

Search terms: Music, Musical Instrument, Musical Bow

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