Taus
Cleveland Museum of Art

Taus

c. 1800

Polychromed wood, parchment, bone or ivory, gut, and metal strings; frets: bronze
CC0 — Public Domain
Cleveland Museum of Art

The <em>taus </em>was designed by a Sikh Guru to combine the sounds of string instruments and the plaintive cry of the peacock.

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