Folk musical instrument of Bengal
Length: 29 Inches, Width: 7 inches Depth: 5.5 inches
Bridge is separately given
a kind of small sarod or rabab, A treasure for art collectors
Dotara is one of the rarest musical instruments of the world today. The instrument is a string instrument played by local caste musicians in Bengal (India). The body of the instrument is carved from wood log and goat skin is pasted on its belly. It consists of total 4 strings in which steel and some times bronze strings are used. It is a strumming instrument played with the help of a special plectrum called Jawa, made up of coconut shell.