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Metallophone (pat-tala)

Metallophone (pat-tala)

early 20th century
Object PlaceBurma
Medium/TechniqueWood, lacquer, lead, gilt, glass inlay
DimensionsLength 178 cm, width 35.5 cm, height 88.5 cm (Length 70 1/16 in., width 14 in., height 34 13/16 in.)
Credit LineGift of Doris Duke's Southeast Asian Art Collection
Accession number2004.418
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsMusical instruments
ProvenanceBy 1993, likely acquired with the assistance of François Duhau de Bérenx, Bangkok, by Doris Duke (1912-1993), Somerset County, New Jersey; 1993, by inheritance to the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation, New York; 2004, gift of the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation to the MFA. (Accession Date: June 23, 2004)
Copyright© 2002 Doris Duke Charitable Foundation