Lute

A1036

From: India

Curatorial Section: Asian

Native Name Vina (uncertain) | Sitar (uncertain)
Object Number A1036
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Indian
Provenience India
Section Asian
Materials Wood
Description

Dark brown wood. Five pegs, three lateral ( one missing ), two frontal. A sixth peg is along side the fingerboard. Sixteen movable frets ( three missing). Two bridges in front of the five pegs. Flora, one painted design in white, red, yellow, green and blue all over the instrument. Poor condition - pieces missing, wood cracked and broken, no string.

Credit Line Gift of Mrs. Sarah (William D.) Frishmuth, 1900
Other Number C-67 - Seder Number

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