Browse the exhibition: Music from India
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Cymbals; bhortal, bortāl
Kurpal; drinking container (narcotics & intoxicants: drinking)
Scrapers (finishing tools); glass; samples; barrel drums; khamok
Stick zither; jengjurangrai
Nening beater; beater (element of musical instrument)
Winnowing tray; ritual accessory (ritual & belief: ritual persons paraphernalia); oiyer
Hourglass drum; idakka
Clappers
Frame drum; kading
Dumudi; drinking container (narcotics & intoxicants: drinking)
Duct flute
Cylindrical drum; centa
Crotal
Horn
Handbell; dril-bu
Oboe; mukhavīṇā
Jew's harp; gagana
Ezhupara; cylindrical drum
Tambura; lute
Sarinda
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
Ottu
Domboro
Tambura
Pungi; double clarinet
Cymbals
Concussion sticks
Clappers; cimta
Scraped vessel
Crotals
Vina; sarasvati vina
Tambura
Banam; fiddle
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