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Babu Sherbande, Nila Sewlinga Vaghmare, and Ratna Shanka Vaghmare, Miraj (India), 1963

Description:
Musician and teacher Babu Sherbande plays manjira (small bronze finger cymbals) for a song sung by his student, Nila Sewlinga Vaghmare. She plays a cawandga, a variable tension monochord whose string is attached to a wooden handle, and stretched and loosened by the left hand, while being plucked with the right-hand fingers. Bronze bells (ghanti) are attached to the bronze holder for the strap that is attached to the wooden cylindrical body, whose upper edge is rimmed in bronze, and whose bottom is covered by a thin leather membrane, through which the end of the string passes and is tied. Bronze jingles are attached to the wooden handle. Nila Vaghmare’s daughter, Ratna Shankar Vaghmare, sings along and plays a tuṇtuṇe, a plucked monochord with a horsehead peg and a wooden cylindrical resonator. The cawandga and tuṇtuṇe were made in the shop of Abdul Karim Ismail Saheb, sitar makers of Miraj.
Date:
December 19, 1963
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Jairazbhoy, Nazir Ali, 1927-2009
Collection:
Bake/Jairazbhoy Digital Archive of South Asian Traditional Music and Arts
Babu Sherbande, Nila Sewlinga Vaghmare, and Ratna Shanka Vaghmare, Miraj (India), 1963

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

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.
Date:
December 21, 1963
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Bake/Jairazbhoy Digital Archive of South Asian Traditional Music and Arts
Shell instruments of the Konda-Reddi people, Hyderabad (India), 1963

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

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 smaller head, usually played by the right hand. A.P. photo. Possession of the Tribal Cultural Research and Training Institute.
Date:
December 21, 1963
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Bake/Jairazbhoy Digital Archive of South Asian Traditional Music and Arts
Two-headed clay drum (madiala ?), of the Bagata people, Hyderabad (India), 1963

Durgā-pūjā Mahotsav festival - Datta Saunke, J. R. Yadav and another musician, Dhobi Talao (Mumbai, India), 1963

Description:
Datta Saunke (nagāṙā drum pair), J. R. Yadav playing (shehnai double-reed aerophone), and another musician (surpeṭī drone) at the Durgā-pūjā Mahotsav festival, during a recording session. The festival was held at the Cross Maidan garden in Dhobi Talao neighborhood.
Date:
October 24, 1963
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Bake/Jairazbhoy Digital Archive of South Asian Traditional Music and Arts
Durgā-pūjā Mahotsav festival - Datta Saunke, J. R. Yadav and another musician, Dhobi Talao (Mumbai, India), 1963

Durgā-pūjā Mahotsav festival - Datta Saunke, J. R. Yadav and another musician, Dhobi Talao (Mumbai, India), 1963

Description:
Datta Saunke (nagāṙā drum pair), J. R. Yadav (shehnai double-reed aerophone) and another musician at a recording session (microphones visible) during the Durgā-pūjā Mahotsav festival. The festival was held at the Cross Maidan garden in Dhobi Talao neighborhood.
Date:
October 24, 1963
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Bake/Jairazbhoy Digital Archive of South Asian Traditional Music and Arts
Durgā-pūjā Mahotsav festival - Datta Saunke, J. R. Yadav and another musician, Dhobi Talao (Mumbai, India), 1963

Instrument maker sculpting leaves on a gourd for a taṃbūrā at the shop of Abdul Karim Ismail saheb and Sons, Miraj (India), 1963

Description:
Abdul Karim Ismail Saheb carving of leaves on the gourd of sitar or taṃbūrā. Grape leaves, tendrils, and grape bunches are carved into wooden panels glued to tumba gourd of taṃbūrā or sitar. The location is the verandah of the workshop of Abdul Karim Ismail Saheb.
Date:
December 19, 1963
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Bake/Jairazbhoy Digital Archive of South Asian Traditional Music and Arts
Instrument maker sculpting leaves on a gourd for a taṃbūrā at the shop of Abdul Karim Ismail saheb and Sons, Miraj (India), 1963

Patricia O’Shea Jairazbhoy at Mount Mary Church, Bandra (Mumbai, India), 1963

Description:
Patricia O’Shea Jairazbhoy stands on the left staircase of the Mount Mary Grotto at Mount Mary Church. A man prays at statue of the Virgin Mary under the spire; there is a Crucifix in the alcove below. The words "Meditation" and "Peace" are above two arches.
Date:
1963
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Jairazbhoy, Nazir Ali, 1927-2009
Collection:
Bake/Jairazbhoy Digital Archive of South Asian Traditional Music and Arts
Patricia O’Shea Jairazbhoy at Mount Mary Church, Bandra (Mumbai, India), 1963

Pair of sambal, in the possession of B. K. Gurav, Vadodara (India), November 1963

Description:
Conical kettle drums. The larger left hand drum is played with a curving stick, which applies pressure to the drumhead, varying its pitch. The smaller right hand drum is played with a straight stick. These drums are usually played by devotees during rituals to the goddess Mahalaxmi. The drums are tied together and around the waist of the player for ease of access.
Date:
October 4, 1963
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Bake/Jairazbhoy Digital Archive of South Asian Traditional Music and Arts
Pair of sambal, in the possession of B. K. Gurav, Vadodara (India), November 1963

Dhol-Lezim dance troupe musicians, Lonāvale (India), 1963

Description:
Musicians in a Dhol-Lezim (Lejim) mandal dance troupe (Shri Ram Mandir Gowli: Ram Temple Milkmen) play a large ḍhol barrel membranophone and a tāsa shallow bowl drum played with cane sticks (chob). About 20 Gowli men encircle them playing pairs of jhāñjh bronze cymbals, and lezim rattles with jingling cymbals loosely attached.
Date:
December 13, 1963
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Bake/Jairazbhoy Digital Archive of South Asian Traditional Music and Arts
Dhol-Lezim dance troupe musicians, Lonāvale (India), 1963

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

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.
Date:
December 21, 1963
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Bake/Jairazbhoy Digital Archive of South Asian Traditional Music and Arts
Two-headed clay drum (madiala ?), of the Bagata people, Hyderabad (India), 1963

Sodi burra, instrument of the Yerukala (?) people, Hyderabad (India), 1963

Description:
Sodi burra, a 1-string stick zither with a resonator, a fortune telling instrument. The danda (neck) is of bamboo, the tuning peg is of wood, the string is attached to a nail, and the resonator is of dried pumpkin gourd. Instrument of the Yerukala (Parigamuggula Erukula) people (?). Possession of the Tribal Cultural Research and Training Institute.
Date:
December 21, 1963
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Bake/Jairazbhoy Digital Archive of South Asian Traditional Music and Arts
Sodi burra, instrument of the Yerukala (?) people, Hyderabad (India), 1963

Gummala, ḍholki, vette, and dappu, instruments of the Rāj Gond people, Hyderabad (India), 1963

Description:
From the left: gummala (pot drum), ḍholki (cylindrical drum), vette (flat, kettle drum), and dappu (wooden frame drum). Instruments of Rāj Gond people of Adilabad. The gummala also used by Kolām people in Adilabad. Possession of Tribal Cultural Research and Training Institute.
Date:
December 21, 1963
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Bake/Jairazbhoy Digital Archive of South Asian Traditional Music and Arts
Gummala, ḍholki, vette, and dappu, instruments of the Rāj Gond people, Hyderabad (India), 1963

Instrument maker decorating an instrument at Abdul Karim Ismail Saheb and Sons, Miraj (India), 1963

Description:
Indenting decorative celluloid strips in the making of a sitar or taṃbūrā. This is the first stage of the scrimshaw process in which scratches are made, to be filled with pigment in the next stage. Framed photos of ancestors, relatives, and ustāds hang from the top of the verandah wall at the workshop of Abdul Karim Ismail Saheb and Sons.
Date:
December 19, 1963
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Bake/Jairazbhoy Digital Archive of South Asian Traditional Music and Arts
Instrument maker decorating an instrument at Abdul Karim Ismail Saheb and Sons, Miraj (India), 1963