Shell instruments of the Konda-Reddi people, Hyderabad (India), 1963

Title: Shell instruments of the Konda-Reddi 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

Description: Ghunghru type, Gillakalu (shell rattle ?), used by the Konda-Reddi (Hill Reddi) people, Khammam district. Made of cowrie shells, cypraeoidea, each pierced with one hole and threaded together with others in clusters of 6 or 7 shells. One set (L) is attached to a wooden handle to shake by the hand; the other is attached to a mirror and tied to a dancer’s ankle, similar to the ghunghru of kathak classical dance. A.P. photo. Possession of the Tribal Cultural Research and Training Institute.

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: Idiophones
Konda-Reddi (Indic people)
Musical instruments--India--Hyderabad

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