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Side drum

(American, 1801–1876)
1824
Object PlaceBoston, Massachusetts, United States
Medium/TechniqueMaple, calfskin
DimensionsHeight x diameter: 50.8 x 43.2 cm (20 x 17 in.)
Credit LineWilliam Francis Warden Fund
Accession number2015.2925
On View
On view
ClassificationsMusical instruments
ProvenanceBy 1982, William F. Guthman (b. 1924 - d. 2006), Westport, CT; October 12, 2006, posthumous Guthman sale, Northeast Auctions, Portsmouth, NH, lot 612, to Glaser Antiques, Bailey Island, ME; 2015, sold by Glaser Antiques to the MFA. (Accession Date: September 24, 2015)
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