Browse the exhibition: Music from India
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Khol

Dance accessory

Sitar

Oboe

Dance accessory

Dance clothing

Scarf

Dance accessory

Jacket

Headdress (dance & live theatre); dance clothing

Hourglass drum; timila
Udukku; hourglass drum
Tambura

Sitar

Fiddle; alabu sarangi

Ranasringa; ball bearings

Variable tension chordophone; bugdu

Ranasringa; conical section

Glove puppet

Glove puppet

Cymbal (one of a pair)

Barrel drum

Dep-ding-dang; beater

Dep-ding-dang; beater

Elephant furniture

Oboe
Jiado; figure (ritual & belief: representations); bargottum

Nening; gong

Sarangi; fiddle

Clappers

Cymbals

Dilruba

Fiddle

Fiddle; banam

Clarinet
Shirt (clothing: outerwear)

Dance accessory

Figure (ritual & belief: representations)

Beater
Glove puppet
Handbell; mani; ghanda; ghanta

Hourglass drum

Sankh; conch shell trumpet

Sankh; conch shell trumpet

Clappers; toka

Cymbals; tala

Hornpipe

Hornpipe

Cymbals; bhortal, bortāl

Kurpal; drinking container (narcotics & intoxicants: drinking)
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