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Bassoon
Dominique Antony Porthaux (about 1751–1839)
about 1800
Object Place: Paris, France
Medium/Technique
Maple, brass
Dimensions
Length 129.2 cm (50 7/8 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Mrs. Edward B. Witte
Accession Number1982.7
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsMusical Instruments
ClassificationsMusical instruments – Aerophones
InscriptionsStamped on all joints: [5-point star] / PORTHAUX / A PARIS
ProvenanceBy 1982, Mrs. Edward B. Witte, Belmont, Massachusetts, who apparently found the object in a barn, Harvard, Massachusetts, that previously belonged to a French scholar and professor at Harvard University; 1982, gift of Witte to the MFA. (Accession Date: January 13, 1982)