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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 - Inventory number:
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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