India
Hindustani

Wood, metal strings, gut strings, leather, hide, bone
Late 19th century
Length: 30 in Width: 9.5 in, Diameter: 6.875 in
Chordophones – Lutes

The sarangi of India is used in both Hindustani classical music of north India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal, and in the folk music of Punjabi, Rajasthani, and Boro.  There are subgroups and several regional differences of the sarangi which is an offshoot of the sarinda.    This sarangi is a bowed, short-neck lute with three main playing strings and 24 sympathetic strings. The box-like resonator is carved from a single block of tun (red cedar) wood with the sides incurved in the front and is covered with goat skin.  The wide neck is able to accommodate the three rows of pegs for the sympathic strings and like the cubic pegbox is hollow and open at the back. The front opening of the pegbox is arch-shaped.  This sarangi is ornately decorated with bone.