Ektar or Spike Lute
Unknown Indian, Indian
1890
Gourd and bamboo
Overall: 27 3/4 in. (70.5 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Acquired by exchange from the Fairbanks Museum and Planetarium, St. Johnsbury, Vermont
161.4.14668
Geography
Place Made: Chennai, India, South Asia, Asia
Period
19th century
Object Name
Musical Instrument
Research Area
Asia
Not on view
Provenance
Fairbanks Museum & Planetarium, St. Johnsbury, Vermont; by exchange (#104, 105) to the present collection, 1961.
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