Lute
A1033
From: India
Curatorial Section: Asian
| Native Name | Eke Tara |
| Object Number | A1033 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Indian |
| Provenience | India |
| Section | Asian |
| Materials | Wood | Gourd | Metal |
| Description | Eka tara. Long wooden neck goes through gourd body near front. Metal strings attach to metal spikes near bottom end of neck pole and stretch across a skin resonator to two frontal knobbed wooden pegs. Skin is attached to boy with small metal tacks. Poor condition. Neck loose from body. Skin resonator warped. One metal spike missing, both strings missing. |
| Credit Line | Gift of Mrs. Sarah (William D.) Frishmuth, 1900 |
| Other Number | C-unknown - Seder Number |
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