Esraj
Alternate name(s)
- Long-neck lute, bowed
Date1950 ca.
Place MadeBengal, India, Asia
Serial No.none
SignednoneDescriptionWood body with animal skin belly, nineteen movable frets, four principal strings (one for melody and three for drone), and fifteen sympathetic strings. Played in a sitting position with the neck extending over the player’s shoulder. Used for vocal accompaniment or solo playing.
DimensionsOverall length: 910 mm
Length of bow: 590 mm
ProvenancePurchased in 1978 from H. M. Lissauer, Melbourne, Australia.
Published ReferencesThomas E. Cross, Instruments of Burma, India, Nepal, Thailand, and Tibet, Shrine to Music Catalog Vol. II (1982), p. 12.
Thomas E. Cross, Instruments of Burma, India, Nepal, Thailand, and Tibet in the
Collections of the Shrine to Music Museum, MM Thesis, University of South Dakota,
1983, p. 24, plate IX.
Credit LineBoard of Trustees, 1978
Object number02404
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