Toiblets. 2 drums closely joined by leather thongs. Nylon is stuffed between the drums. Leather strips are ;laced from head to base in criss-cross pattern around drum. Bodies are brown wood with beads wider than bases. Both drums are the same shape, but one is wider. The straps on larger drum cross more closely than on smaller drum. Condition: Fair - head of smaller drum is torn. Dimensions: smaller drum: length-19cm; dia. base-6.8cm; dia. head-15.5cmlarger drum: length-19cm; dia. base-9.3cm; dia. head-20.3cm.
Dombeg. Hand drum made pf dark grey-brown wood with light grey skin head. Goblet shaped body has carved lateral grooves. Condition: Poor - head is half ripped from body. Strap is missing. Dimensions: Height- 40cm; Dia.- 26cm.
Trapezoidal, wooden. Inlaid mounting of intricate circular and star-shaped patterns in gold, red, white, and black, edges with alternating strips of inlaid ivory and dark wood. 2 inlaid mother of pearl 6-petaled flowers carved out between petals, in some board. Round hole, edged with ivory inlay in lond side of trapezoid. 18 rows of 4 metal strings attach at one end to metal prongs and at the oither to metal pegs. Strings stretch over low metal rimmed permanent bridges at each side of instr. Round moveable bridges for individual strings, 5 with instr. 2 long thin wooden picks curved at ends. Poor condition. Mounted inlay partially missing, most of ivory inlay missing. 23 strings attached. 1 pick broken. 1 peg missing.Length, long side: 76 cm. Length of shorter side: 29cm. Width: 26cm. Length, slanted ends: 35.5 cm. Height of moveable bridges: 1.8 cm.
Kanoon or Qanon. Right angle trapezoid of light colored wood. Rectangular side in 2 compartments covered with a s kin painted with an animal over each compartment (horse, elephant, lion, bull). A moveable bridge painted black separates skin from sound board. Sound board painted with 2 6-pointed stars with flower center, partially caved out. Pinted crescent and flowers also carved out to show hollow interior. Large dancing woman painted in centre. Color mostly green and red. Permanent wooden bridge separates pegs from sound board. 25 rowes of 3 pegs hold gut strings which attach through holes at rectangular end. Inlaid metal and ivory in sides of instr. and on top of permanent bridge. Small silvery concentric circles in sides of pegs. Poor condition. Large crack in sound board and bottom. Membrane cracked and partially detached. Metal inlay coming out. Most strings broken or missing. Animal pictures badly flaked. Length of long side: 95 cm. Length slanted side: 77cm. Width: 44cm. Height: 5cm.
Wooden fiddle with hollowed out body, circular at top with a long pointed lower end. Lower end covered with skin, round upper part left open. Square peg box, open at back, 2 lateral hour glass-shaped pegs. 2 groups of black horse hair strings attached to one end through holes in peg box and tied around short metal spike at other end. Good condition. Skin loose at edges. No bow.Length: 83.5 cm. Width of body (circular part): 14.5 cm. Body depth: 12 cm.
Tar or sitar. Oval body pinched at front to form 2 sound compartments covered with thin membrane. Long carved end peg painted green and red, inserted into bottom of body. Open peg box curves back at end into a carved dragon-head shape, painted red. 4 green, black and red lateral pegs. Mother of pearl inlay finger board and around edges of top sound compartment. Body and neck is painted brown with fine gold red and black floral and leaf designs. A gold bird, edged in red is on the back of the body. Wooden bow with metal tops. Ring on one end attaches to a black, red and white cloth strip attaching to bound end of black hair. Bound end directly attached to ring at other end. Poor condition. End peg detached, 1 peg missing, 2 strings missing, both membranes broken. Paint flakes. Bow - good condition.Length: 49 cm. Width, bottom compartment: 17 cm. Width, top sound compartment: 9cm. Depth of body: 14.5 cm. length bow: 49cm.
Pear-shaped wooden Lute. Back of neck and body painted black. Sound board and finger board with ivory and mother of pearl inlay. Triangular mother of pearl inlay at bottom edge of soundboard and up the center of finger board. 7 circular mother of pearl inlays in sound board, 1 with square of ivory inlay around it. 4 pegs (2 lateral, 2 frontal). Peg box with carved ivory facing. Carved top to peg box, of ivory. 14 movable string frets and metal strings. Good condition. Frets loose, strings broken.Length: 78 cm. Width of soundboard: 12.5 cm. Depth of body: 10.5 cm.
Wooden, pear-shaped instrument with long round neck. Soundboard made from two pieces. Small holes in soundboard in a rough pattern. 11 frets of bound string. 2 pegs in tri-lobed shape (1 frontal, 1 lateral). Poor condition- part of soundboard missing, part detached. Strings missing.Length: 85 cm. Body depth: 12 cm. Soundboard width: 15 cm.
Tambura. Wooden, pear-shaped. 7 gut, moveable frets. 7 T-shaped pegs with tips of ivory (4 frontal, 3 lateral). Finger board of inlaid wood and mother of pearl. 6 round mother of pearl inlays in front of peg box. 6 round mother of pearl inlays also in sound board. End above peg box pointed. Metal strings. Poor condition. Bottom of body broken and pieces missing. Frets unraveled. 2 pegs missing. Some inlay missing. Sound board cracked badly.Length: 30cm. Width sound board: 11.5 cm. Depth of body: 13 cm.
Metal (silver plate?). Scales carved in each end of bow, curved snake head as hand grip. Light hair bound with leather at one end, tied around notch at other end. Good condition. Some hair torn, accompanying fiddle missing.Length: 59.5 cm.
Zourna. Bell Section curves up slightly. Bell section marked by bulging ring (open carved); section held while playing is wrapped with copper wire;cupped mouthpiece. Bell is eight-sided. Carved decoration at top of conical bell and at bottom edge. Good condition.Zourna. Dark wooden body, entirely covered with surface carvings. 7 frontal and 1 dorsal stop, a leather band encircling the oboe before each hole. Bottom of oboe is flared. Red cloth wrapped around reed holder, ivory disk fits below reed. Good condition. Length: 39cm, Diam. of bell: 5.5cm.Carved