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Ravanhattha
This is an Indian spike-bowl fiddle made with a coconut-shell resonator covered with skin that is braced with red cord lacing. It has a wooden neck with a brass ferrule on bottom, and with two wooden friction pegs holding dark horsehair strings. The bridge is missing.
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first half of 20th century - Maker:
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Swindon Museum & Art Gallery - Inventory number:
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India - Hornbostel-Sachs classification:321.311 Spike bowl lutes
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- Hornbostel-Sachs category:321.311 Spike bowl lutes
- Repository:Swindon Museum & Art Gallery
- Measurements:Height: 455mm; Width (at pegs): 105mm; Depth: 70mm