Sarangi

Title	Sarangi
Date	c. 1850 18th century
Medium	Wood, parchment, bone or ivory, gut, and copper strings
Classification	Musical Instrument
Origin	East India East India
Holding institution	The Cleveland Museum of Art
Credit line	Sarangi, c. 1850. East India. Wood, parchment, bone or ivory, gut, and copper strings; overall: 55.9 x 15.3 cm (22 x 6 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, The Charles G. King Jr. collection; Gift of Ralph King in memory of Charles G. King Jr., 1918.388
Rights	Public domain (CC0). Free to use for any purpose.

Subjects: Historical scientific diagrams

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“Sarangi” is a work of unattributed authorship, dated c. 1850. It is executed in wood, parchment, bone or ivory, gut, and copper strings and classified as musical instrument. In this archive it sits within the historical scientific diagrams tradition. This work is in the public domain (CC0), so the image may be downloaded and reused for any purpose without permission (see the licence note below).

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