Mandar bahar
Alternate name(s)
- Mandar baar
- Bass esraj
- Long-neck lute
Maker
H. Muntz
Date1940-1965 ca.
Place MadeBengal, India, Asia
Serial No.none
SignedMarked: H. MUNTZDescriptionEssentially a bass esraj, but played in a standing position, similar to the Western double-bass. Used in modern Indian orchestras. Wood body with a parchment belly, seventeen movable frets, four principal strings (one for melody and three for drone), and fifteen brass sympathetic strings.
ProvenancePurchased in 1978 from H. M. Lissauer, Melbourne, Australia.
Published ReferencesThomas E. Cross, Instruments of Burma, India, Nepal, Thailand and Tibet, SMM Catalog Vol. II (1982), page 13.
Thomas E. Cross, Instruments of Burma, India, Nepal, Thailand and Tibet, MM Thesis, USD, 1983. Page 26, Plate X.
André P. Larson, The National Music Museum: A Pictorial Souvenir (Vermillion: National Music Museum, 1988), p. 29.
Credit LineBoard of Trustees, 1978
Object number02405
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1950 ca.
1850-1875 ca.
1880-1900 ca.
1925-1935 ca.
1750 ca.
1940-1965 ca.