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
Sitar
Dilruba
Shirt (clothing: outerwear)
Hourglass drum
Hornpipe
Hornpipe
Crotals
Hat (clothing: headwear)
Tambura
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
Fiddle
Fiddle; banam
Clarinet
Dance accessory
Figure (ritual & belief: representations)
Beater
Glove puppet
Handbell; mani; ghanda; ghanta
Sankh; conch shell trumpet
Sankh; conch shell trumpet
Clappers; toka
Cymbals; tala
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