| Native Name | Dasiri Tamburi |
| Object Number | 2014-13-14 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Indian |
| Provenience | India |
| Date Made | pre 1914 |
| Section | Asian |
| Materials | Wood | Ivory | Ebony | Metal |
| Technique | Painted | Inlaid | Carved |
| Iconography | Cow | Human | Mouse | Peacock | Elephant |
| Description | Dasiri Tamburi. Unfretted lute with 2 frontal and 2 lateral pegs, hemispheric yellow body. Sound board of wood with elaborate ivory and ebony inlay around edges. Ivory inlay also around edges of body and where neck joins body. 9 colorfully painted figures on sound board (2 cows, 2 people, 2 mice, 2 peabocks, and a 4-armed elephant) arranged in a circle. Ivory sting holder at base of instrument. Long wooden neck with painted red and white deisgns and ivory and ebony inlay edges. Wooden bridge and 4 carved wooden pegs (2 lateral, 2 frontal). Metal strings run through holes in ivory nut. Good condition. Painted and inlaid as L-222-13 |
| Length | 84 cm |
| Credit Line | Gift of the Franklin Institute, 2014 |
| Other Number | 5 - Franklin Institute Number | L-222-14 - Old Loan Number | C-233 - Seder Number | 6184.14 - Franklin Institute Number |
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