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Fiddle (banhu) and bow
19th century
Object Place: China
Medium/Technique
Coconut shell, wood
Dimensions
Length 69.3 cm, diameter 8.3 cm, depth 7.6 cm (Length 27 5/16 in., diameter 3 1/4 in., depth 3 in.)
Credit Line
Leslie Lindsey Mason Collection
Accession Number17.2058a-b
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CollectionsMusical Instruments
ClassificationsMusical instruments – Chordophones
InscriptionsIn pencil on back of tip of neck: TI KIN
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)