Subject: Musical instruments--India - UCLA Library Digital Collections Search Results

Description:: UCLA Instrument collection: India. Tabla. Played by Gayathri Rajapur
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Ethnomusicology Archive: Photographic collection

Description:: View of two membranophones (avanaddha - a Sanskrit term referring to drums, in general) with cylindrical bodies, one beater, in a museum display case. Close-up view. Possibly in the Raja Deen Dayal Musical Instrument Museum in Pune.
Date:: 1984
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Catlin-Jairazbhoy, Amy
Collection:: Bake/Jairazbhoy Digital Archive of South Asian Traditional Music and Arts

Description:: View of two chordophones (tata - Sanskrit term) long-neck wooden lute with four strings, four tuning pegs, and reptile-skin scroll. Possibly in the Raja Dinkar Kelkar Museum in Pune.
Date:: 1984
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Catlin-Jairazbhoy, Amy
Collection:: Bake/Jairazbhoy Digital Archive of South Asian Traditional Music and Arts

Description:: View of twelve hourglass membranophones (ḍamaru type) including shaken pellet (or rattle) drums, from very small size to large size. Possibly in the Raja Dinkar Kelkar Museum in Pune.
Date:: 1984
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Catlin-Jairazbhoy, Amy
Collection:: Bake/Jairazbhoy Digital Archive of South Asian Traditional Music and Arts

Description:: View of ten membranophones (avanaddha) labelled “Percussion Instruments” with three beaters, including two large ḍhol (barrel-shaped drum played with sticks and/or hands). Possibly in the Raja Dinkar Kelkar Museum in Pune.
Date:: 1984
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Catlin-Jairazbhoy, Amy
Collection:: Bake/Jairazbhoy Digital Archive of South Asian Traditional Music and Arts

Description:: View of sixteen membranophones (avanaddha - a Sanskrit term referring to drums, in general) including eleven frame drums: daf; tep; kañjirā, et al; one pellet drum ḍamaru; and one pot drum with drumhead. Possibly in the Raja Dinkar Kelkar Museum in Pune.
Date:: 1984
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Catlin-Jairazbhoy, Amy
Collection:: Bake/Jairazbhoy Digital Archive of South Asian Traditional Music and Arts

Description:: View of nine non-classical membranophones (avanaddha) with three beaters: six single drums including a pot drum (bottom center), two bowl-shaped drums (center left and right), and three barrel-shaped ḍ-type drums (top); two drum pairs (bottom left and right corners); and one belt of multiple ghunghru pellet bell idiophones (ghana) (center). Possibly in the Raja Dinkar Kelkar Museum in Pune.
Date:: 1984
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Catlin-Jairazbhoy, Amy
Collection:: Bake/Jairazbhoy Digital Archive of South Asian Traditional Music and Arts

Description:: View of nine membranophones (avanaddha - a Sanskrit term referring to drums, in general) played with hands, including one mṛdaṅgam (top left), one ḍholak (top center), one ḍholki (below mṛdaṅgam), one tablā pair, dayan and bayan (center right) with kundal woven ring (center left), two nāl (bottom left and center) and copper mizhavu (?) (bottom right). Possibly in the Raja Dinkar Kelkar Museum in Pune.
Date:: 1984
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Catlin-Jairazbhoy, Amy
Collection:: Bake/Jairazbhoy Digital Archive of South Asian Traditional Music and Arts

Description:: View of a nagāṙā type drum (naqqāra, naqareh, nagada) possibly in the Raja Dinkar Kelkar Museum in Pune. This is an open display of a membranophone with a laced head of skin, conical shape and clay body, sitting on a hindoni balancing ring made of rattan. Rings are attached to side for carrying the instrument. The drum is installed on a stone pedestal. A Kodak 1000 film box is on the pedestal, perhaps the film used for the photo. Musical instruments visible behind the glass doors include aerophones and chordophones.
Date:: 1984
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Catlin-Jairazbhoy, Amy
Collection:: Bake/Jairazbhoy Digital Archive of South Asian Traditional Music and Arts

Description:: View of a nagāṙā type drum (naqqāra, naqareh, nagada) possibly in the Raja Dinkar Kelkar Museum in Pune. This is an open display of a membranophone with a laced head of skin, conical shape and clay body, sitting on a hindoni balancing ring made of rattan. Rings are attached to side for carrying the instrument. The drum is installed on a stone pedestal. A Kodak 1000 film box is on pedestal, perhaps the film used for the photo. Musical instruments visible behind glass doors include aerophones and chordophones.
Date:: 1984
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Catlin-Jairazbhoy, Amy
Collection:: Bake/Jairazbhoy Digital Archive of South Asian Traditional Music and Arts

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