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Sarinda
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Sarinda

Alternate name(s)
  • Short-neck lute
Date1885-1900 ca.
Place MadeBengal, India, Asia
Serial No.none
Signednone
Markingsnone
DescriptionThis sarinda with three gut strings and no sympathetic strings has a stylized peacock carving, which is a motif characteristic of Bengal. The so-called waisted form, where the body narrows, allows easy access for bowing. Traditionally, the body is carved from a single piece of wood and covered with animal skin. Unlike this example, the upper portion of the body is often left uncovered.
DimensionsOverall height: 630 mm
ProvenancePurchased in 1979 from Wurlitzer-Bruck, New York, New York, who had recently purchased it from an unknown dealer, Paris, France.
Published ReferencesThomas E. Cross, Instruments of Burma, India, Nepal, Thailand, and Tibet, Shrine to Music Catalog Vol. II (1982), p. 9.

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. 20, plate VI.
Credit LineBoard of Trustees, 1979
Object number02605
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