Lute (laouto)
Christos Tofas
(Greek, born in 1973)
2012
Object PlaceAthens, Greece
Medium/TechniqueMaple, Indian rosewood, spruce, African ebony, boxwood, wenge, tillia, mother-of-pearl, buffalo bone, plastic
DimensionsOverall: 48 × 35.8 cm (18 7/8 × 14 1/8 in.)
Case: 50 cm (19 11/16 in.)
Case: 50 cm (19 11/16 in.)
Credit LineFrederick Brown Fund
Accession number2018.588
On View
Not on viewClassificationsMusical instruments
ProvenanceAfter 2012, from the maker, Christos Tofas, to Christos Zotos, Greece; 2018, sold by Christos Zotos to the MFA. (Accession Date: June 19, 2018)
