/internal/media/dispatcher/763866/resize%25253Aformat%25253DthumbnailLute (sitar)early 20th centuryLength 118 cm, width 28 cm, depth 22 cm (Length 46 7/16 in., width 11 in., depth 8 11/16 in.)Tun wood, gourd, ivoryBequest of Estate of Dona Luisa Coomaraswamy1971.841Hemispherical body of calabash gourd, decorated with foliate designs in red, green, and gold paint. Neck and slightly arched soundtable of toonwood? Edges of body and neck, and front of peg area intricately decorated with foliate-shaped pieces of ivory (or possibly bone) set in black mastic. Five main strings and eleven sympathetic strings attached to three buttons of ivory at lower end of body and to tuning pegs of ivory with elaborately carved heads (main strings) and ebony with double-lobed heads (sympathetic strings). Sixteen frets of brass with bindings of gut. Bridges, nut, and string guider of ivory.
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