Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Subject Index: Musical Instrument, South and Southeast Asia

Works of Art (18)

Brahma (Pômch’ôn), Chosôn dynasty, Unidentified artist, Korean, Hanging scroll, ink and color on hemp (21.57)
Dholaka, late 19th century, India, Wood, skin, brass, cord (89.4.165)
Drum model with four frogs, Dongson culture, 300 B.C.–200 A.D. Vietnam Bronze (2000.284.57)
Drum, mid-20th century, Carved by Omas, Asmat people, Sauwa village, New Guinea, Papua (Irian Jaya) Province, Indonesia, Wood, lizard skin, paint (1978.412.962)
Ghanti, second half of 19th century, North India, Brass (89.4.154)

A Lady Playing the Tanpura, ca. 1735, India (Rajasthan, Kishangarh), Ink, opaque and transparent watercolor, and gold on paper (1996.100.1)

Mayuri (peacock), 19th century, India, Wood, parchment, metal, feathers (89.4.163)
Mrdangam, 20th century, India, Wood, leather, tuning paste (1986.467.18)
Pandharpuri tambura, 19th century, India, Gourd, wood, bone, ivory (1994.498)
Sarangi, 19th century, Gujarat, India, Wood, metal, parchment, horsehair, mother-of-pearl, ivory, paint(89.4.200)
Sarangi, ca. 1900, India, Wood, ivory, parchment, metal (1982.143.2)
Sarangi, late 19th century, North India, Wood, parchment, ivory, gut, metal (46.34.43)
Sitar, 1997, Made by Murari Adhikari, Calcutta, India, Teak, ebony, metal, bone, various materials (1999.399)
Sitar, late 19th century, India, Wood, ivory, metal (89.4.1586)
Sursanga, 19th century, India, Wood, pearl, ivory (46.34.79)
Tambura, 20th century, India, Gourd, wood, bone, ivory, steel (1986.470a)
Tanjore tambura (male), early 19th century, India, Gourd, wood, metal, bone (2008.141.2a,b)
Top of a bell in the form of a demon king or guardian, Eastern Javanese period, ca. second half of 12th–early 13th century, Indonesia (Java), Bronze (1987.142.17)

Thematic Essays (2)