Solvyns - Oorni

Balthazar Solvyns1796/1799

Indian Music Experience Museum
Bengaluru, India

'Oorni' is a string instrument made of open cocoa nut to which a hollow stick of bamboo is admitted. One chord which is scraped with a bow is often loaded with ornaments. Oorni originated in Bengal and is known by different names all throughout India.

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Title: Solvyns - Oorni
Creator: Frans Balthazar Solvyns
Date Created: 1796/1799
Physical Location: Indian Music Experience Museum
Location Created: Kolkata/Calcutta
Physical Dimensions: (53.19 x 38.2 x 5.99 cm)
Type: Image
Rights: Indian Music Experience
Medium: Etchings, Hand Colored
Art Genre: Drawings & Paintings
Depicted Topic: Instrument called Oorni

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Balthazar Solvyns Dye Engraving Etching

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