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Bowed zither

(German, 1846–1914)
1879
Object PlaceNuremberg, Germany
Medium/TechniqueMaple, spruce, ebony
DimensionsLength 61 cm, width 27.2 cm (Length 24 in., width 10 11/16 in.)
Credit LineLeslie Lindsey Mason Collection
Accession number17.1724
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ClassificationsMusical instruments
InscriptionsPrinted label: [hand pointing right] Ferdinand Sprenger [hand pointing left] / Instrumentenmacher in Nurnberg / (vormals Carl Sprenger) 18 [handwritten: 79]; stamped on fingerboard: Sprenger / Nürnberg
ProvenanceFrancis W. Galpin (1858-1945), Hatfield Regis, England; 1916, sold by Francis W. Galpin to William Lindsey (1858-1922), Boston, Massachusetts; 1916, gift of William Lindsey, in memory of his daughter, Leslie Lindsey Mason, to the MFA. (Accession Date: October 5, 1916)
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