Stringed Instrument
before 1869 (made)
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A type of violin with a gently waisted oval sound box and a kein-naya (man-bird) figure perched on a lotus pedestal hands clasped in devotion at the end of a long narrow rounded finger board.
Object details
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| Parts | This object consists of 2 parts.
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| Materials and techniques | Carved hollowed wood, gilded red thitsi lacquer and decorated with mirror glass and imitation jewels in the hman-zi shwei-cha technique. |
| Brief description | Burmese bowed stringed instrument (bow and strings are now missing). Hollowed wood red lacquered and gilded. Konbaung Dynasty (1752-1885). Decorated with mirror glass and imitation jewels and a carved figure of a kein-naya. ca. before 1869 |
| Physical description | A type of violin with a gently waisted oval sound box and a kein-naya (man-bird) figure perched on a lotus pedestal hands clasped in devotion at the end of a long narrow rounded finger board. |
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| Credit line | Purchase (Engel Collection) |
| Object history | Purchase (Engel Collection). This acquisition information reflects that found in the Museum records (Asia Department registers and/or Central Inventory) as part of a 2023 provenance research project. |
| Production | Attribution note: This object is called a thro or tarau in 1882 Art Inventory, South Kensington Museum. However, terms in registers for Burmese violin type bowed instruments vary. Thro, tarau, tharau, ta-yoa, nhyng are all used. |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | 177:2-1882 |
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| Record created | May 16, 2001 |
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