Sitar
Muhammad Azmi learned to make sitars and related instruments in Bombay (Mumbai), India in the early twentieth century. He moved to Lahore and established a workshop and music store around 1925, naming the shop in honor of his home city. This sitar was probably made before the partition of India in 1947. The instrument has two tumbas (gourds) and unusually is in two colors, with a black front and yellow/brown gourds. It has simple painted floral decorations, a peacock head, and painted tuners. It was owned by sitarist Hasu Patel and played by her son Mehool Patel.
Artwork Details
- Title: Sitar
- Maker: Muhammad Azim
- Date: early 1940s
- Geography: Lahore, Pakistan (formerly India)
- Culture: Pakistani
- Medium: Wood, gourd, and bone
- Dimensions: L. 53 in. x H. 14 in. x W. 16 in.
- Classification: Musical instruments
- Credit Line: Gift of Mehool Patel and Alpana Grover, 2022
- Object Number: 2022.487.2a–d
- Curatorial Department: Musical Instruments
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