English: A Surbahar (orSaraswati Veena) from India on exhibit in the Musical Instrument Museum in Phoenix.
[left]
(pottery jar)
[center]
Sūrbahār (plucked lute)[1]
Kolkata, West Bengal, India, 1882-1905
Teakwood, silver, sambar deer antler, wire
Damondar Adhikari, maker
Carved from wood to resemble a gourd
resonator, the resonating chamber
amplifies sound. “Sympathetic strings”
are not usually plucked but vibrato
along with the plucked strings.
Acquired through the generosity of the Robert J. Ulrich and Diane Sillik Fund
2014.15.2
↑Jen (venusnep) (2018-04-09 12:23:05). Musical Instrument Museum 34. Flickr. — unidentified decorative arched lutes with human foots (right side of Surbahar)
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