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Tablas; kettledrums

Tabla and duggi. Pair of tabla kettledrums. The spun aluminium bowl of the bass, duggi drum is ordered from Meerut, and the wooden bowl of the tabla treble drum is also made in the state of Uttar Pradesh. The heads are applied by the drum makers of the Lal Chand Music House in Phagwara Gate, in the city of Jalandhar, Punjab.

  • Culture:Hindu, Rajput Khatri
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  • Materials:leather, hide, aluminium, wood
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  • Hornbostel-Sachs category:211.11 (Separate) vessel drums
  • Repository:Horniman Museum and Gardens