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Musician with a nagra, a type of drum played with sticks, Calcutta, West Bengal. Coloured etching by Francois Balthazar Solvyns, 1799.
Wellcome Collection

Musician with a nagra, a type of drum played with sticks, Calcutta, West Bengal. Coloured etching by Francois Balthazar Solvyns, 1799.

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

CC0 — Public Domain
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Lettering: A nagra ; played on by two sticks. Bears number : section 11th. Latter part of lettering is in ink manuscript.

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