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A1001

From: India

Curatorial Section: Asian

Native Name Esrar
Object Number A1001
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Indian
Provenience India
Section Asian
Materials Wood
Iconography Peacock
Description

Esrar. Fiddle with elegant resonator in shape of peacock. Body and neck of bird are painted black with yellow dots with red centers all over it. Curved neck 12 cm. long protrudes from resonance box. Gold wings, one on either side of body, protrude slightly from the body with red feet on the bottom. The bird's tail forms the neck of the instrument, which is painted green with large dots colored red, gold, green, and black in concentric circles. Five black pegs, two frontal, three lateral. Condition good - restored.

Credit Line Gift of Mrs. Sarah (William D.) Frishmuth, 1900
Other Number C-unknown - Seder Number

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