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Peacock-shaped Mayuri from India
NMM 2903. Mayuri, northern India, 19th
century. This peacock is a bowed
stringed instrument with movable frets, four principal strings, and
fifteen sympathetic strings. Ex coll.: Allanson.
Purchase
funds gift of Lydia and Edwin Downie, Hamilton, New York, 1981.
Restoration of Peacock-shaped Mayuri Head
Restoration of the hand-painted peacock
required
many hours of
delicate,
tedious inpainting in the Museum's Conservation Laboratory to return the
instrument to its former splendor.
Close-up of Peacock-shaped Mayuri Head
Detail of head of mayuri following
restoration.
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