One of seven sheets of drawings depicting implements and musical instruments.
Drawing
ca.1836 (made)
ca.1836 (made)
| Artist/Maker | |
| Place of origin |
Six musical instruments:
1. A barrel-shaped drum (dishe).
2. A long post-horn (phoonga), with bulbous bell, tied by a tasselled band to a stick.
3. A tenor drum (deme).
4. A trumpet (nag phenni) with three coils in the middle and a tiger-head design on the bell.
5. A seven-holed tubular whistle (murrilli).
6.A curved horn (singha).
1. A barrel-shaped drum (dishe).
2. A long post-horn (phoonga), with bulbous bell, tied by a tasselled band to a stick.
3. A tenor drum (deme).
4. A trumpet (nag phenni) with three coils in the middle and a tiger-head design on the bell.
5. A seven-holed tubular whistle (murrilli).
6.A curved horn (singha).
Object details
| Category | |
| Object type | |
| Title | One of seven sheets of drawings depicting implements and musical instruments. (generic title) |
| Materials and techniques | Pen, ink, wash, pencil on paper |
| Brief description | Drawings; pen, ink, wash, pencil on paper, Nepal, ca. 1836 |
| Physical description | Six musical instruments: 1. A barrel-shaped drum (dishe). 2. A long post-horn (phoonga), with bulbous bell, tied by a tasselled band to a stick. 3. A tenor drum (deme). 4. A trumpet (nag phenni) with three coils in the middle and a tiger-head design on the bell. 5. A seven-holed tubular whistle (murrilli). 6.A curved horn (singha). |
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| Style | |
| Marks and inscriptions | inscribed at the corner of sheet with details of the drawings. (Inscribed:) |
| Object history | Presented by Mrs F.C Foster, 1923, daughter of A.J. Campbell, Superintendent of Darjeeling, Bengal. |
| Subjects depicted | |
| Bibliographic reference | Archer, Mildred. Company Paintings Indian Paintings of the British period
Victoria and Albert Museum Indian Series London: Victoria and Albert Museum, Maplin Publishing, 1992 179-180 p. ISBN 0944142303 |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | IM.459-1923 |
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| Record created | June 25, 2009 |
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