Two-headed clay drum (madiala ?), of the Bagata people, Hyderabad (India), 1963

Item Overview

Title: Two-headed clay drum (madiala ?), of the Bagata 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: Two-headed clay drum, a vase-type pot drum, with paste on both sides (madiala?). An instrument of the Bagata (Bhagatā) people and other tribes in Āraku Valley. “Paste” refers to weighted paste applied on both drumheads. The image shows the larger head, usually played by the left hand. A.P. photo. 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: Membranophones
Bagata (Indic people)
Musical instruments--India--Hyderabad

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Repository: University of California, Los Angeles. Ethnomusicology Archive
Local Identifier: bake_NAJ_N63_322
ARK: ark:/21198/zz002k3j8b
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Rights statement: copyrighted
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