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Dhodro Banam, Eastern India

Fig. 17: Dhodro Banam, Eastern India:
H. 87 cm.
Private collection, California

Three equestrian figures surmount the peg box of this instrument. Although the overall form of the piece is not rendered in an anthropomorphic manner, arms are depicted in relief on the sides of the body.