Khanjari
The khanjari is a small frame drum of southern India that has a single set of jingles.
A circular frame over one edge of which a circular piece of skin is stretched and glued. An incision 1/2 inch wide a 2 1/2 in. in length on one side of frame through the centre of which is a wire supporting a circular cymbal of metal 2 in. in diam. Top half of drum painted black; bottom half painted red, both halves decorated with gold chevrons and other designs. (Allen Roda 2014)
A circular frame over one edge of which a circular piece of skin is stretched and glued. An incision 1/2 inch wide a 2 1/2 in. in length on one side of frame through the centre of which is a wire supporting a circular cymbal of metal 2 in. in diam. Top half of drum painted black; bottom half painted red, both halves decorated with gold chevrons and other designs. (Allen Roda 2014)
Artwork Details
- Title: Khanjari
- Date: ca. 1885
- Geography: Bengal, India
- Culture: Indian
- Medium: Metal, wood, skin
- Dimensions: Diam. 3 × Depth 6 3/4 in. (7.6 × 17.1 cm)
- Classification: Membranophone-single-headed / frame drum
- Credit Line: The Crosby Brown Collection of Musical Instruments, 1889
- Object Number: 89.4.178
- Curatorial Department: Musical Instruments
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