Oboe

51-46-43

From: India | Madras

Curatorial Section: Asian

Native Name Hunamanta Ottu
Object Number 51-46-43
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Indian
Provenience India | Madras
Date Made ca. 1867
Section Asian
Materials Wood | Metal | Reed (plant) | Cloth
Description

Hunamanta Ottu. Conical wooden body covered with red cloth - yellow / green designs. Metal piece to hold red, fitted over wood. Flaring metal bell. Cord with 2 red tassels attached to metal loops on bell and to end piece at reed end.

Credit Line Gift of the Philadelphia Museum of Art, 1951
Other Number 78-163 - Philadelphia Museum of Art Number | L-238-43 - Old Loan Number | A-972 uncertain - Seder Number

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