Taus (mayuri), India, c.1885
wood, parchment, metal, feathers
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
“The name of this bowed instrument means peacock, the bird associated with Saraswati, the goddess of music. Popular at 19th century courts, it derives its form from the dilruba, an instrument combining features of other Indian stringed instruments like the sarangi and the sitar.”
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