| Native Name | Dasiri Tamburi |
| Object Number | 2014-13-127 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Indian |
| Provenience | India |
| Date Made | pre 1914 |
| Section | Asian |
| Materials | Wood | Ivory | Ebony Wood | Metal |
| Technique | Painted | Inlaid | Carved |
| Iconography | Cow | Human | Elephant |
| Description | Dasiri Tamburi. Unfretted lute with 2 frontal and 2 lateral pegs, hemispheric yellow body. Sound board of wood with elaborate ivory and ebony inlay around edges. Ivory inlay also around edges of body and where neck joins body. Colorfully painted figures on sound board and resonator. Ivory sting holder at base of instrument. Long wooden neck with painted red and white deisgns and ivory and ebony inlay edges. Wooden bridge and 4 carved wooden pegs (2 lateral, 2 frontal). Metal strings run through holes in ivory nut. Good condition. |
| Length | 94 cm |
| Width | 24.2 cm |
| Depth | 15 cm |
| Credit Line | Gift of the Franklin Institute, 2014 |
| Other Number | L-222-14 - Old Loan Number | C unknown - Seder Number | DAS 42 - Other Number |
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