Dhenka (?), instrument of the Savārā people, Hyderabad (India), 1963

Item Overview

Title: Dhenka (?), instrument of the Savārā people, Hyderabad (India), 1963
Creator: Jairazbhoy, Nazir Ali, 1927-2009
Date Created: December 21, 1963
Date: 1963-12-21
Collection: Bake/Jairazbhoy Digital Archive of South Asian Traditional Music and Arts

Notes

Description: Side view of a dhenka (?) (cf. Jantarungrai), a 2 stringed fretted lute, instrument of the Savārā people (Parvatipuram tāluk & Pālākoṇḍā, in Srikakulam District). Possession of the Tribal Cultural Research and Training Institute.

Physical Description

Extent: 1 photograph
Dimensions: 35mm
Medium: b&w negative

Keywords

Genre: black-and-white negatives
black-and-white photographs
Names: Tribal Cultural Research and Training Institute (Hyderabad, India)
Location: Hyderabad (Hyderabad, Telangana, India)
Resource type: still image
Subjects: Savara (Indic people)
Chordophones
Musical instruments--India--Hyderabad
Dhenka

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Repository: University of California, Los Angeles. Ethnomusicology Archive
Local Identifier: bake_NAJ_N63_315
ARK: ark:/21198/zz002k3hm1
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Rights statement: copyrighted
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