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Fiddle (rebab)
Budheng-budheng (Boston Village Gamelan)
Budheng-budheng (Boston Village Gamelan)

Fiddle (rebab)

mid-19th century
Object PlaceCentral Java, Indonesia
Medium/TechniqueCoconut shell, wood
Credit LineMuseum purchase with funds donated by Mr. and Mrs. Bradford M. Endicott and Mr. and Mrs. Richard M. Fraser in honor of Jan and Suzanne Fontein, and the Frank B. Bemis Fund
Accession number1990.588
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsMusical instruments
Provenance1840, slendro-tuned ensemble commissioned by Chinese patron, Central Java. After 1840, Priyo family, the Bupati (regent) of Blora, Central Java; about 1876, pelog-tuned ensemble commissioned and combined with 1840s ensemble, Central Java; by 1990, by descent through three generations of the Priyo family to Mr. and Mrs. Supriyo, Blora, Central Java, Indonesia; July 12, 1990, sold by Supriyo to Nyonya Nora, Surakarta, Indonesia; 1990, sold by Nyonya Nora to the MFA. (Accession Date: October 24, 1990); August 3, 2013, deaccession by the MFA for transfer to the MFA to the Boston Village Gamelan, Cambridge.