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Description: | The cennala keeps the beat (talam) in Hindu ritual music, including during the circumambulation of the temple as a means of prayer, and in Kathakali dance.
Cennala (chengila), a bronze percussion plaque. The instrument was cast in a mould and forged by a member of the Musari brass making community. A circular repeat pattern of eight diamonds, perhaps representing lotus petals, is incised on the playing side. White cotton string is threaded through two holes and covered with red cotton to form a handle. This cennala was made in Kadavalloor, Thrissur. The wooden beater was made by Cherussery Kuttan Marar.
caption: General view of object no. 2001.177.
caption: General view of object no. 2001.177. Image of percussion plaque (museum no. 2001.177). | Publisher: | http://www.horniman.ac.uk/ | Rights holder: | Horniman Museum and Gardens | Subjects: | wood metal string flat gongs (with flange) and intermediate types 111.241.11 Bossed gongs percussion plaques | Source: | Horniman Museum | Identifier: | oai:oai.horniman.ac.uk:object-112996 | Go to resource |
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