COLLECTION NAME:
The AMICA Library
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The AMICA Library
Collection
true
AMICA ID:
MMA_.89.4.163
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MMA_.89.4.163
AMICA ID
false
AMICA Library Year:
2000
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2000
AMICA Library Year
false
Object Type:
Decorative Arts and Utilitarian Objects
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Decorative Arts and Utilitarian Objects
Object Type
false
Creator Nationality:
Asian; Indian Sub-Continent; Indian
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Asian; Indian Sub-Continent; Indian
Creator Nationality
false
Creator Name-CRT:
Northern India
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Northern India
Creator Name-CRT
false
Title:
Mayuri or Ta'us
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Mayuri or Ta'us
Title
false
Title Type:
Object name
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Object name
Title Type
false
View:
Full View
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Full View
View
false
Creation Date:
19th century
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19th century
Creation Date
false
Creation Start Date:
1800
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1800
Creation Start Date
false
Creation End Date:
1899
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1899
Creation End Date
false
Materials and Techniques:
Wood, metal, peacock feathers, paint, skin
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Wood, metal, peacock feathers, paint, skin
Materials and Techniques
false
Classification Term:
Chordophone/lute bowed or plucked
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Chordophone/lute bowed or plucked
Classification Term
false
Dimensions:
L. 44 in. (111.8 cm); W. 5 in. (12.3 cm); D. 17 1/2 in. (44.6 cm)
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L. 44 in. (111.8 cm); W. 5 in. (12.3 cm); D. 17 1/2 in. (44.6 cm)
Dimensions
false
AMICA Contributor:
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
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The Metropolitan Museum of Art
AMICA Contributor
false
Owner Location:
New York, New York, USA
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New York, New York, USA
Owner Location
false
ID Number:
89.4.163
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89.4.163
ID Number
false
Credit Line:
The Crosby Brown Collection of Musical Instruments, 1889
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The Crosby Brown Collection of Musical Instruments, 1889
Credit Line
false
Rights:
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<a href="http://www.metmuseum.org/"target="_new">http://www.metmuseum.org/</a>
Rights
false
Context:
Popular at nineteenth century Indian courts, this bowed lute borrows features of other Indian stringed instruments, such as the body shape of the sarangi and the frets and neck of the sitar. There are four melody strings and fifteen sympathetic strings that sound when the instrument is played to accompany popular religious song. The peacock is the vehicle of Sarasvatî, the goddess of music, and it appears in Indian poetry as a metaphor for courtship.
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<P>Popular at nineteenth century Indian courts, this bowed lute borrows features of other Indian stringed instruments, such as the body shape of the sarangi and the frets and neck of the sitar. There are four melody strings and fifteen sympathetic strings that sound when the instrument is played to accompany popular religious song. The peacock is the vehicle of Sarasvatî, the goddess of music, and it appears in Indian poetry as a metaphor for courtship.</P>
Context
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Related Image Identifier Link:
MMA_.mi89.4.163.R.tif
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MMA_.mi89.4.163.R.tif
Related Image Identifier Link
false