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2022.9.1

Bowed lute (bow missing), ravanahatha. Consists of a coconut shell resonator with a membrane and funnel-shaped tin base bound on with cords.

2022.9.1

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Collection type
Object
Description
Bowed lute (bow missing), ravanahatha. Consists of a coconut shell resonator with a membrane and funnel-shaped tin base bound on with cords.
Long description
Bowed lute (bow missing), ravanahatha. Consists of a coconut shell resonator with a membrane and funnel-shaped tin base bound on with cords. A wooden stick is fixed to the resonator with two main strings, both of metal, which pass through slots in the wooden bridge. There are five sympathetic or lower strings which are threaded through holes in the bridge. There are seven wooden pegs at the end of the wooden stick.
Geographical reference
India
Asia > Southern Asia > India
Person
Field collector Unknown Collector
PRM source Unknown Source
Date
Acquisition information
Found unentered: 2006
Materials and processes
Process Recycled, Process Bound, Material Coconut Plant, Material Tin Metal
Dimensions
Length: Max 660 mm, Width: Max 180 mm, Depth 112 mm resonator
Object numbers
Accession number: 2022.9.1

Search terms: Music, Bowed Lute, Musical Instrument

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