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Man playing a ramsinga, a large snake-like wind instrument, Calcutta, West Bengal. Coloured etching by François Balthazar Solvyns, 1799.
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Man playing a ramsinga, a large snake-like wind instrument, Calcutta, West Bengal. Coloured etching by François Balthazar Solvyns, 1799.

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

CC0 — Public Domain
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Lettering: A ramsinga ; resembling a serpent. Bears number : section 11th ; no. 30. Latter part of lettering is in ink manuscript.

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