Gourd in art: 29 works, most common in Musical Instruments

Medium29 works

Collection Summary

Works Held	29
Date Range	200 – 2000
Primary Department	Musical Instruments (42)
Most Common Form	Chordophone-Lute-plucked-fretted (17)
Cultures Represented	6
Countries	7
Public Domain	8 works (19%)

Works by Century

2nd century

17th century

18th century

19th century

20th century

Departments

Musical Instruments

Islamic Art

Forms & Classifications

Chordophone-Lute-plucked-fretted

Chordophone-Lute-plucked-unfretted

Aerophone-Reed Vibrated-single reed cylindrical

Aerophone-Reed Vibrated

Chordophone-Lute-plucked

Chordophone-Zither-plucked

Aerophone-Free Reed-mouth organ

Aerophone-Lip Vibrated

Chordophone-Bowed

Chordophone-Lute

Cultures Represented

Indian · 35 Egyptian · 3 Burmese · 1Morrocan · 1possibly Moroccan · 1Saudi Arabian · 1

Geographic Distribution

India

Egypt

Morocco

Morocco?

Myanmar (formerly Burma)

Saudi Arabia

Southern India

Cities Represented

Bengal · 2Maharashtra? · 1Lucknow · 1Deolia (Deogarh), Partabgarh · 1Kolkata (Calcutta) · 1Chennai (Madras) · 1

Works Index

Title	Classification	Date	Origin
Bottle	Miscellaneous	3rd–7th century	Egypt
Sitar	Chordophone-Lute-plucked-fretted	18th century	India
Vīnā (bīn)	Chordophone-Zither-plucked-tube	mid-19th century	India
Sursanga	Chordophone-Lute-plucked-unfretted	ca. 1880	India
Guenbri	Chordophone-Lute-plucked-unfretted	late 19th century	Egypt
Ektar	Chordophone-Lute-plucked-unfretted	ca. 1885	India
Mahati Vina	Chordophone-Lute-plucked-fretted	ca. 1885	India
Hnyìn	Aerophone-Free Reed-mouth organ	late 19th Century	Myanmar (formerly Burma)
Pūngī	Aerophone-Reed Vibrated	19th century	India
Kachva Sitar	Chordophone-Lute-plucked-fretted	19th century	India
Pandharpuri Tambura	Chordophone-Lute-plucked-unfretted	19th century	India
Saravatī Vīnā	Chordophone-Lute-plucked-fretted	19th century	Southern India
Tambura	Chordophone-Lute-plucked-unfretted	19th century	India
Tubri	Aerophone-Reed Vibrated-single reed cylindrical	19th century	India
Vina (kinnari)	Chordophone-Lute-plucked-fretted	19th century	India
Baz	Membranophone-single-headed / kettle drum	late 19th century	Egypt
Eka-Tara	Chordophone-Lute-plucked-unfretted	late 19th century	India
Guenbri	Chordophone-Lute-plucked-unfretted	late 19th century	Morocco
Guenbri	Chordophone-Lute-plucked-unfretted	late 19th century	Morocco?
Pungi	Aerophone-Reed Vibrated-single reed cylindrical	late 19th century	India
Pungi	Aerophone-Reed Vibrated-single reed cylindrical	late 19th century	India
Sitar	Chordophone-Lute-plucked-fretted	late 19th century	India
Sūr pyār (Compound Sitar, Tambura, Esraj)	Chordophone-Lute	late 19th century	India
Svaramandala	Chordophone-Zither-plucked	late 19th century	India
Vina	Chordophone-Lute-plucked-fretted	late 19th century	India
"Persian" Sitar	Chordophone-Lute-plucked-fretted	late 19th–early 20th century	India
Esrāj	Chordophone-Lute-plucked-fretted	late 19th–early 20th century	India
Pūngī	Aerophone-Reed Vibrated	late 19th century	India
Sitar	Chordophone-Lute-plucked-fretted	late 19th Century	India
Sitar	Chordophone-Lute-plucked-fretted	late 19th–early 20th century	India
Sitar	Chordophone-Lute-plucked-fretted	late 19th or early 20th century	India
Small Sitar	Chordophone-Lute-plucked-fretted	late 19th–early 20th century	India
Tambura	Chordophone-Lute-plucked	late 19th–early 20th century	India
Tubri	Aerophone-Lip Vibrated	late 19th century	India
Guenbri	Chordophone-Lute-plucked-unfretted	late 19th century	Saudi Arabia
Vina	Chordophone-Lute-plucked-fretted	late 19th century	India
Goge	Chordophone-Bowed	late 19th century	Egypt
Sitar	Chordophone-Lute-plucked-fretted	late 19th century	India
Sitar	Chordophone-Lute-plucked-fretted	late 19th century	India
Tambouri	Chordophone-Lute-plucked	early 20th century	India

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Data Source: The Metropolitan Museum of Art Open Access