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Tungna
Alternate name:Sgra-snyan
Alternate name:Short-neck lute
Date: 1875-1925 ca.
Place Made:Nepal, Asia
Serial No: none
Signednone
Markingsnone
DescriptionBody carved from single piece of wood. Waisted resonating chamber with goatskin belly. Carved wooden makara finial. Gut strings. Played with small, attached plectrum. One of smallest examples of lutes used by Newari people living in northeastern Nepal.
The tungna is among the smallest examples of a group of lutes, primarily long neck (27 to 40 inches), referred to as sgra-snyan, found in Tibet and the entire Himalayan Region (Ladakh, northern Nepal, Sikkim, and Bhutan)
The tungna is among the smallest examples of a group of lutes, primarily long neck (27 to 40 inches), referred to as sgra-snyan, found in Tibet and the entire Himalayan Region (Ladakh, northern Nepal, Sikkim, and Bhutan)
DimensionsLength: 438 mm
Width: 87mm
Width: 87mm
ProvenancePurchased in 1980 from H. M. Lissauer, Melbourne, Australia.
Terms
Credit Line: Board of Trustees, 1980
Not on view
Published ReferencesCross, Thomas E., Instruments of Burma, India, Nepal, Thailand, and Tibet, SMM Catalog, vol. II (1982) p. 18
Cross, Thomas E., Instruments of Burma, India, Nepal, Thailand and Tibet, M.M. Thesis, University of South Dakota, May 1983, p. 78, plate XXVIII.
Cross, Thomas E., Instruments of Burma, India, Nepal, Thailand and Tibet, M.M. Thesis, University of South Dakota, May 1983, p. 78, plate XXVIII.
Object number: 02682