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Lute (bouzouki)
Lute (bouzouki)

Lute (bouzouki)

Zozef Terzivasian (Greek, 1916–1999)
1967
Object PlacePeireas, Greece
Medium/TechniqueGreek walnut, mother-of-pearl, bone
DimensionsOverall: 96.5 x 29.2 x 20.3 cm (38 x 11 1/2 x 8 in.)
Case: 33 x 101.6 x 25.4 cm (13 x 40 x 10 in.)
Credit LineFrank B. Bemis Fund
Accession number2015.3097
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsMusical instruments
Provenance1967, sold by the maker, Zozef Terzivasian, Peireas, Greece to Nicholas Zallas, Lexington, MA; 2015, sold by Nicholas Zallas to the MFA. (Accession Date: November 18, 2015)
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