Tabla and baya
Maker
Bina Musical Stores
Date1940-1960 ca.
Place MadeDelhi, India, Asia
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: BINADescriptionSheesham wood tabla. Nickel-plated brass/copper baya. Animal skin heads.
Tabla (A): a conical wooden drum (sheesham/rosewood) with 8 spool-shaped wooden blocks used for tuning
(painted with red & green stripes). Multiple-layer skin head with leather lacing (usually buffalo hide) in a V-pattern through 16 holes in the drumhead-hoop and attached, at base, to a hide hoop covered with red felt. In center of drumhead is a round, black deposit of tuning-paste applied in 5 over-lapping, concentric circles.
Baya (B): a small, brass/copper kettledrum with nickel-plating. Drumhead almost identical to that of tabla, without tuning spools (there are no tuning devices on this baya). Lacing attached at base to hide hoop covered in blue felt. Center of drumhead has tuning paste circle as on tabla. V-patterned lacing with 16 holes in the drumhead hoop.There are groups of incised rings around the belly of the drum. Six layers of concentric circles on the black tuning paste.DimensionsTabla:
Height: 278 mm
Diameter: 163 mm
Tuning paste diameter: 75 mm
Baya:
Height: 263 mm
Diameter: 253 mm
Tuning paste diameter: 74 mmProvenancePreviously 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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1900-1925 ca.
1950-1965 ca.
1900-1925 ca.
