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large, elaborate model in gourd, brown hardwood, ebony and ivory; body of gourd; neck bearing finger-board with 20 metal frets and 13 tuning-pegs mounted down one side: 2 larger pegs for a pair of 'cikari' strings located at side of neck, 11 smaller pegs for sympathetic strings; smaller hollow gourd mounted below at top end of finger-board; peg-box bearing 5 pegs mounted 3/2; decorative scroll; bridges in ivory; length 1380, body 325, width 350, depth 275

  • Date:
    first quarter of 20th century
  • Maker:
    Ram, Rikhi
  • Collection:
    Royal Northern College of Music
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  • Place of production:
    Lahore (Timezone: Asia/Karachi)
  • Culture:
  • Period:first quarter of 20th century
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  • Inscriptions:RIKHI RAM / MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS MANUFACTURER / & DEALER. ANARKALI, LAHORE (in cartouche), stamped on fingerboard
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  • Repository:Royal Northern College of Music