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Zither (dan bau) and stand

(Vietnamese, born in 1968)
(Vietnamese, born in 1964)
2004
Object PlaceHanoi, Vietnam
Medium/TechniqueJackfruit and wrightia woods, mother-of-pearl, buffalo horn
DimensionsLength 1083 mm, width 110 mm (Length 42 5/8 in., width 4 5/16 in.)
Credit LineGift of Deac Rossell and Mickey Myers in memory of Corita Kent, by exchange
Accession number2005.294a-b
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsMusical instruments
Provenance2005, sold by Ta Tham, Ha Noi, Vietnam, to Nancy Tingley; 2005, sold by Tingley to the MFA. (Accession Date: June 22, 2005)
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