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Sarangi Gaine, Nepal

Figs. 20 & 21: Sarangi Gaine, Nepal:
H. 50 cm.
Private collection, Germany

Left: anthropomorphic head with horns, aluminum eyes and lozenge-shaped inlays in the forehead.
Right: anthropomorphic head tapering into cone behind. Gaine (?). This is a typical Himalayan form with triangular lateral indentations at the waist of the instrument.