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Xylophone (pat-tala)
Image Not Available for Xylophone (pat-tala)

Xylophone (pat-tala)

early 20th century
Object PlaceBurma
Medium/TechniquePainted and gilded wood, glass
DimensionsLength 139.3 cm, width 34 cm, height 66.5 cm (Length 54 13/16 in., width 13 3/8 in., height 26 3/16 in.)
Credit LineGift of Doris Duke's Southeast Asian Art Collection
Accession number2004.417
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)