Tabla and baya
Maker
Bina Musical Stores
Date1940-1960 ca.
Place MadeDelhi, India, Asia
Serial No.none
SignedPrinted on an adhesive label applied to both drums in red, white, gold, and black: [monogram] / REG TRADE MARK / Bina Musical Stores / MADE IN INDIATwo bands running around the belly of the drum in white writing, framed by half circles decorated in yellow with brown arabesques: BINA
Markingsnone
DescriptionSheesham wood tabla. Nickel-plated brass/copper baya. Animal skin heads.
DimensionsTabla:
Height: 278 mm
Diameter: 163 mm
Tuning paste diameter: 75 mm
Baya:
Height: 263 mm
Diameter: 253 mm
Tuning paste diameter: 74 mm
ProvenancePreviously owned by Reverend Emmons E. White, Manamadurai, India. By 1947, likely sold to Arne B. Larson, Brookings, South Dakota.
Credit LineArne B. Larson Collection, 1979
Object number04058
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