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Musician with instrument made from pumpkin shells joined by a wire and played with a bow, Calcutta, West Bengal. Coloured etching by François Balthazar Solvyns, 1799.
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Musician with instrument made from pumpkin shells joined by a wire and played with a bow, Calcutta, West Bengal. Coloured etching by François Balthazar Solvyns, 1799.

http://data.europeana.eu/agent/46300 · 1799

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Lettering: A pennauck ; the shell of a large pumpkin, & half the shell of a small one joined together by an iron wire. Bears number : section 11th ; no. 8. Latter part of lettering is in ink manuscript.

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