| Native Name | Vina |
| Object Number | 2014-13-106 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Indian |
| Provenience | Southern India |
| Section | Asian |
| Materials | Wood | Metal | Ivory |
| Technique | Inlaid | Carved |
| Iconography | Animal Head |
| Description | Modified vina without front guard. 12 movable metal frets. 6 lateral pegs. 1 lateral peg halfway down neck. Pegs wooden with ivory knobs at end. Wooden body with rounded ribbed back. Low, dark wooden bridge. Small ivory end button. Long neck curving back at peg end with a carved animal head with ivory eyes and teeth. Carved ivory inlay around front edges of instrument around juncure of body and neck, on front of peg box and spaced in fingerboard. Fair condition - 2 frets missing, 1 string broken. Piece og body back broken. Inlay detached along edge of body |
| Length | 105 cm |
| Width | 24.6 cm |
| Depth | 17.8 cm |
| Credit Line | Gift of the Franklin Institute, 2014 |
| Other Number | L-222-106 - Old Loan Number | C263 - Seder Number | 6184.106 - Franklin Institute Number |
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