Ektar or Spike Lute

Unknown Indian, Indian

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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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