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Lute (charango)
19th century
Object Place: Peru
Medium/Technique
Quirquincho shell, wood
Dimensions
Length 55.9 cm, width 13.9 cm, depth 7.5 cm (Length 22 in., width 5 1/2 in., depth 2 15/16 in.)
Credit Line
Leslie Lindsey Mason Collection
Accession Number17.2241
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CollectionsMusical Instruments
ClassificationsMusical instruments – Chordophones
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)
Mambo de Machaguay
Traditional
Performed by Hector Martinez-Morales on a charango, made by Lino Orihuela Gonzales, El Chasqui String Instruments, Cochabamba, Bolivia, late 1990s