Furniture Plaque Showing Female Musician in an Architectural Framework, 16th century, From India, possibly Deccan, Ivory, H. 3 1/8 in (7.9cm), Ivories and Bone, This small plaque depicts a woman mid-dance step, playing a cylindrical drum known as the pakhavaj, which is suspended around her neck. She is positioned beneath a lobed, cusped arch, an architectural form familiar to the Deccan, where this piece was likely made
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Furniture Plaque Showing Female Musician, Architectural Framework, 16th century, India, Deccan, Ivory, H, 3 1/8, 7.9cm, Ivories, Bone, small, plaque, depicts, woman mid-dance, step, playing, cylindrical drum, pakhavaj, suspended, neck, positioned beneath, lobed, cusped arch, architectural form, familiar, piece
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