Khanjari

Unknown

ca. 1885 · Metal, wood, skin · Musical Instruments

The khanjari is a small frame drum of southern India that has a single set of jingles. A circular frame over one edge of which a circular piece of skin is stretched and glued. An incision 1/2 inch wide a 2 1/2 in. in length on one side of frame through the centre of which is a wire supporting a circular cymbal of metal 2 in. in diam. Top half of drum painted black; bottom half painted red, both halves decorated with gold chevrons and other designs. (Allen Roda 2014)

Artist

Unknown

Date

ca. 1885

Medium

Metal, wood, skin

Culture

Indian

Department

Musical Instruments

Credit line

The Crosby Brown Collection of Musical Instruments, 1889