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Tamburica
19th century
Object Place: Croatia
Medium/Technique
Fruitwood
Dimensions
Length 59.8 cm, width 10.7 cm, depth 5.5 cm (Length 23 9/16 in., width 4 3/16 in., depth 2 3/16 in.)
Credit Line
Leslie Lindsey Mason Collection
Accession Number17.1757
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsMusical Instruments
ClassificationsMusical instruments – Chordophones
DescriptionOne-piece carved back of hardwood. One-piece belly of cypress (?) with upper panel of hardwood. Seventeen small holes in belly. Triangular-shaped neck, headstock, and tuning pegs of hardwood. No separate fingerboard; sixteen frets and string guard (beyond nut) of iron. Separate piece of wood at bottom of body with two knobs for fastening strings. Two pairs of strings
ProvenanceFrancis W. Galpin (1858-1945), Hatfield Regis, England; 1916, sold by Francis W. Galpin to William Lindsey (1858-1922), Boston, Massachusetts; 1916, gift of William Lindsey, in memory of his daughter, Leslie Lindsey Mason, to the MFA. (Accession Date: October 5, 1916)