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Lute (sitar)

Lute (sitar)

early 20th century
Object PlacePossibly Bikaner, Rajastan province, India
Medium/TechniqueTun wood, gourd, ivory
DimensionsLength 118 cm, width 28 cm, depth 22 cm (Length 46 7/16 in., width 11 in., depth 8 11/16 in.)
Credit LineBequest of Estate of Dona Luisa Coomaraswamy
Accession number1971.84
On View
On view
ClassificationsMusical instruments
ProvenanceBy 1940, Ananda K. Coomaraswamy, Boston, Massachusetts, who loaned it to the MFA beginning in 1940; before 1971, by descent to his wife, Dona Luisa Coomaraswamy, Boston, Massachusetts; 1971, gift of the estate of Dona Luisa Coomaraswamy to the MFA. (Accession Date: March 10, 1971)