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Fiddle (so duang) and bow
Fiddle (so duang) and bow

Fiddle (so duang) and bow

early 20th century
Object PlaceThailand
Medium/TechniqueIvory, wood, mother-of-pearl, snakeskin
DimensionsLength 71 cm, body diameter 6.5 cm, body depth 18.5 cm (Length 27 15/16 in., body diameter 2 9/16 in., body depth 7 5/16 in.)
Credit LineGift of Doris Duke's Southeast Asian Art Collection
Accession number2004.416a-b
On View
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)
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