Instrument maker engraving a pattern on a kachwa at Vilayat Khan brothers, Miraj (India), 1963

Item Overview

Title

Instrument maker engraving a pattern on a kachwa at Vilayat Khan brothers, Miraj (India), 1963

Photographer

Jairazbhoy, Nazir Ali, 1927-2009

Date Created

1963

Date

1963

Collection

Bake/Jairazbhoy Digital Archive of South Asian Traditional Music and Arts

Notes

Description

Photograph taken when Nazir Jairazbhoy was in India making field recordings, 1963-1964.
Scratching decorative pattern on kachwa (flat gourded sitar)
Vilayat Khan brothers, instrument makers

Physical Description

Extent

1 photograph

Dimensions

35mm

Medium

b&w negative

Keywords

Genre

black-and-white negatives
black-and-white photographs

Names

Vilayat Khan brothers (Miraj, India)

Location

Miraj (India)

Resource type

still image

Subjects

Sitar
Musical instrument makers--India
Musical instruments--India