Illustration of the tenth and eleventh book of the Purana

Unknown (Indian)


Item type:
painting
Date of creation:
1830
Height:
29.2 cm  (11 1/2 in.)
Width:
37.3 cm  (14 11/16 in.)
Technique / Medium:
ink and color on paper
Place of creation:
Bhārat [India]
School:
Kangra

    Item location

  • Cleveland Museum of Art
    Indian and South Asian Art[Museum inv. no.: 1993.166]

Description

A group of men gather while five men sit on the top of a building and play a tikara, bak, narsiga, and a surnai.

Instruments [MIMO Code] (notes)

Bak [4375]
Surnay [4273] (Variant spellings include: sahnai or shehnai. )
Narsiga [4415]
Tikara [2906]

RIdIM images


Image URLs

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RIdIM record id

5171