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Oboe (rgya-gling)

19th century
Object Place: Tibet

Medium/Technique Wood, copper alloy, semi-precious stones
Dimensions Length 55 cm, width 13.7 cm (Length 21 5/8 in., width 5 3/8 in.)
Credit Line Gift of Mr. Robert A. Lehman
Accession Number1975.27
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsMusical instrumentsAerophones

DescriptionTurned hardwood body with conical bore. Ferrule at upper end of copper with silver beading and brass-filled engraving. Bell of copper with three brass- plated filigree rings. Seven fingerholes and one thumbhole. Between fingerholes are five silver rings (three more missing), three mounted with torquoise and two with coral. Staple of silver.
ProvenanceAbout 1950, sold by a pawn shop on 3rd Avenue, New York, to Robert E. Lehmann, New York; 1975, gift of Lehman to the MFA. (Accession Date: February 12, 1975)