Bowed zither ("Alexander violin")
Sylvanus J. Talbott
(American)
about 1890
Object PlaceMilford, New Hampshire, United States
Medium/TechniquePine, maple, ebony
Credit LineMuseum purchase with funds by exchange from the Edwin M. Ripin Collection—Friends of the Collection Fund
Accession number2012.37
On View
Not on viewClassificationsMusical instruments
Collections
ProvenanceAcquired at a flea market by Sidney Glickman, Riverdale, New York; April 2010, sold by Glickman to Tony Bingham, London; 2011, sold by Bingham to the MFA. (Accession Date: February 29, 2012)
19th century
early 19th century
