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Reed pipe used only by jugglers and snake charmers; cane chanter and drone inserted in gourd body and mouthpiece. "Invariably constructed in the scale of Hanumatodi and is played in the Nagavarali raga. ... supposed to be specially pleasing to serpents" (Tagore).
- Date:
before 1884 - Maker:
Anonymous - Collection:
Royal College of Music Museum - Inventory number:
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India
- Measurements:Length: c. 215mm.
- View the original record:http://museumcollections.rcm.ac.uk/collection/Details/collect/1335