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Oboe (chirimía)

Mexican Indian people
mid-20th century
Object Place: Mexico

Medium/Technique Wood
Dimensions Length 28.7 cm, diameter 4.9 cm (Length 11 5/16 in., diameter 1 15/16 in.)
Credit Line Helen and Alice Colburn Fund
Accession Number1984.329
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsMusical instrumentsAerophones

Provenance1968, sold by a member of the Zapotec people, Oaxaca, Mexico, to Douglas Deihl, Northampton, Massachusetts; 1984, sold by Deihl to the MFA. (Accession Date: June 13, 1984)