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)
Poster

Dance accessory

Sarinda; fiddle

Sitar

Sahnai
Sarangi; fiddle

Bin; stick zither

Dance accessory

Dance accessory

Mask (dance & live theatre)

Double-conical drum; mrdanga

Khol

Sitar
Trousers (clothing: outerwear)
Coat (clothing: outerwear)

Sarangi

Esraj; fiddle

Baya; kettledrum
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