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1938.34.595

Lute

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1938.34.595

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Collection type
Object
Description
Lute
Geographical reference
India
Asia > Southern Asia > India
Odisha
Cultural groups
Tamil
Person
Field collector Gottlieb Wilhelm Leitner
PRM source Henry Balfour
Date / Period
Date made: Before 1899
Date collected
By 1899
Acquisition information
Bequeathed: 1939
Materials and processes
Material Wood Plant, Material Animal Skin, Material Brass Metal, Material Animal Horn, Process Carpentered, Process Hollowed, Process Covered, Process Notched
Dimensions
Length x Width: max 775 x 254 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 1938.34.595 Other numbers: 595
Research and responses

Presumably purchased by Balfour at the sale of Leitner's collection held by J. C. Stevens in Woking on 14 May 1912; see The Oriental Museum Formed by the Late D. G. W. Leitner, Woking, Tuesday, May 14th, 1912 [catalogue of a sale held by J. C. Stevens in Woking on 14 May 1912] (London: J. C. Stevens, 1912). The 'Indian Musical Instruments' are listed as lots 239 to 256 on pages 18 and 19. (Copy of relevant pages in RDF for 1938.34.228.) [JC 8 11 2019]

Search terms: Music, Musical Instrument, Lute, Plectrum

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