Sitar

Unknown

late 19th Century · Gourd, wood, ivory, metal · Musical Instruments

This small sitar has a body made of bent strips of wood. The strips are bent to form a bowl resonator that resembles the shape of small sitars that use ostrich eggs for the resonating champer.

Artist

Unknown

Date

late 19th Century

Medium

Gourd, wood, ivory, metal

Culture

Indian

Department

Musical Instruments

Credit line

The Crosby Brown Collection of Musical Instruments, 1889