Chench man with a musical instrument

This is the headman (or peddamanchi) of the Chenchu settlement of Malapur, which had five houses. He is playing the kineri, an instrument borrowed and adapted from south Indian tradition. The Chenchus use bamboo for the stem, on which they stretch two metal strings over nine bone bridges and attach...

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Full title: Chench man with a musical instrument [electronic resource].
Format: Photo           
Language: English
Published: [S.l.] : [s.n.], 1940.
Series: SOAS Digital Library.
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