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Radiocarbon Dating of Legacy Music Instrument Collections: Example of Traditional Indian Vina from the Musée De La Musique, Paris

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 July 2019

M G Durier ,
P Bruguière ,
C Hatté ,
S Vaiedelich ,
C Gauthier ,
F Thil  and
N Tisnérat-Laborde
M G Durier
Affiliation:
Centre de Recherche sur la Conservation (CRC), MNHN, CNRS USR 3224, Ministère de la Culture, 36 Rue Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 75005, Paris, France LSCE, UMR 8212 CEA, CNRS, UVSQ, Université Paris-Saclay, F-91198 Gif-sur-YvetteFrance
P Bruguière
Affiliation:
Musée de la musique, Équipe Conservation Recherche, CRC, MNHN, CNRS USR 3224, Ministère de la Culture, 36 Rue Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 75005, Paris, France
C Hatté*
Affiliation:
LSCE, UMR 8212 CEA, CNRS, UVSQ, Université Paris-Saclay, F-91198 Gif-sur-YvetteFrance
S Vaiedelich
Affiliation:
Laboratoire de Recherche et de Restauration, Musée de la Musique, Cité de la Musique, 221 Avenue Jean Jaurès, 75019 Paris, France
C Gauthier
Affiliation:
LSCE, UMR 8212 CEA, CNRS, UVSQ, Université Paris-Saclay, F-91198 Gif-sur-YvetteFrance
F Thil
Affiliation:
LSCE, UMR 8212 CEA, CNRS, UVSQ, Université Paris-Saclay, F-91198 Gif-sur-YvetteFrance
N Tisnérat-Laborde
Affiliation:
LSCE, UMR 8212 CEA, CNRS, UVSQ, Université Paris-Saclay, F-91198 Gif-sur-YvetteFrance
*
*Corresponding author. Email: [email protected].
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Abstract

Although radiocarbon (14C) dating is commonly used for archeological music instruments, little research has been conducted on modern instruments (16th–19th centuries). New technology, based on the Mini Carbon Dating System (MICADAS), enables some of the recurring challenges (e.g. sampling size) to be circumvented and paves the way for a new field of investigation. We here address the Indian instrumentarium, about which very little is known. We investigate the making and the restoration phases of two vina, a kinnari vina (E.1444), and a rudra vina or bin (E.997.24.1). By comparing 14C measurements made on several samplings of elements of the instruments with museological information, we were able to specify a unique calibrated interval of ages [1666 AD–1690 AD] for the kinnari vina, with a restoration phase [1678 AD–1766 AD] for the upper nut. The bin is likely attributed to the [1650 AD–1683 AD] interval.

Keywords

14C datingmodern musical instrumentsmall sample
Type
Conference Paper
Information
Radiocarbon , Volume 61 , Issue 5: Radiocarbon 2018 Conference Proceedings Trondheim, Norway, June 17–22, 2018 Part 1 of 2 , October 2019 , pp. 1357 - 1366
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© 2019 by the Arizona Board of Regents on behalf of the University of Arizona 

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Selected Papers from the 23rd International Radiocarbon Conference, Trondheim, Norway, 17–22 June, 2018

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