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Sārangī
Alternate name:Short-neck lute
Vernacular name:Sarangi
Date: 1890-1925 ca.
Place Made:India, Asia, northern region
Model: none
Serial No: none
Signednone
Markingsnone
Description3 gut melody strings
35 sympathetic wire strings
Tropical hardwood body carved from single piece of wood
Skin soundboard
Bone trim on fingerboard and head
The player sits cross-legged on the floor with the instrument held vertically, stopping the strings laterally with the fingernails of the left hand.
35 sympathetic wire strings
Tropical hardwood body carved from single piece of wood
Skin soundboard
Bone trim on fingerboard and head
The player sits cross-legged on the floor with the instrument held vertically, stopping the strings laterally with the fingernails of the left hand.
DimensionsHeight: 675 mm
Width: 205 mm
Depth (with bridge): 350 mm
Width: 205 mm
Depth (with bridge): 350 mm
ProvenancePreviously owned by Reverend Emmons E. White, Manamadurai, India. By 1947, likely sold to Arne B. Larson, Brookings, South Dakota.
Terms
Credit Line: Arne B. Larson Collection, 1979
Not on view
Published ReferencesThomas E. Cross, Instruments of Burma, India, Nepal, Thailand and Tibet, SMM Catalog Vol. II (1982), p. 11.
Thomas E. Cross, Instruments of Burma, India, Nepal, Thailand and Tibet, MM Thesis, USD, 1983, Plate VIII, p. 24.
André P. Larson, The National Music Museum: A Pictorial Souvenir (Vermillion: National Music Museum, 1988), p. 29.
Thomas E. Cross, Instruments of Burma, India, Nepal, Thailand and Tibet, MM Thesis, USD, 1983, Plate VIII, p. 24.
André P. Larson, The National Music Museum: A Pictorial Souvenir (Vermillion: National Music Museum, 1988), p. 29.
Object number: 01187