Long description

A male musician, seated cross-legged, plays the tablā, a pair of drums. The drums rest on the floor; one is smaller and one larger. The musician plays one drum with each hand. He is tapping the skin of the smaller drum with the fingers of his right hand, the only part of that hand to touch the drumskin. He appears to be resting the wrist of his left hand on the skin of the larger drum while tapping it with the fingers of that hand.