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Solvyns - Sitar
Balthazar Solvyns1796/1799
Indian Music Experience Museum
Bengaluru, India
'Sitar' is a plucked string instrument. The Sitar originated in Central Asia and is largely used in Hindustani classical music. It has two portions - the fingerboard (dand) and the resonator (gulu). It is used as a solo instrument, for Kathak dance form and in ensembles.
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- Title: Solvyns - Sitar
- 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 Sitar
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