12X16 Oil. Another portrait for the assignment. This is an unusual Indian instrument played a musician sitting on the floor. I gather they don't make this instrument any more. The round things that look like clumsy wheels are supposed to be decorated gourds. The rest of it is wood. I guess that there are 6 strings that are tuned at the tail end, and can be played like a slide guitar, using a smooth stone. There are 12 strings which are tuned by the nobs on the side, and are plucked. Wish I could hear it played.
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