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Alto horn

about 1900
Object PlaceMilan, Italy
Medium/TechniqueBrass, nickel silver
DimensionsHeight x width: 17 x 7 3/4 in. (43.2 x 19.7 cm)
Credit LineGift of Matthew Putnam
Accession number2011.40
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsMusical instruments
ProvenanceBy 2006, Steve Dillon, Woodbridge, New Jersey; about 2006, sold by Dillon to Ken Treseder, California; Spring 2010, sold by Treseder to Matthew Putnam, Boston; 2011, gift of Putnam to the MFA. (Accession Date: February 23, 2011)
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