Advanced Search 
Barrel drum (bofu) and stand
1870
Object Place: Hangzhou, China
Medium/Technique
Lacquered wood, calf skin
Dimensions
Length 23.2 cm, diameter 16 cm (Length 9 1/8 in., diameter 6 5/16 in.)
Credit Line
Leslie Lindsey Mason Collection
Accession Number17.2142a-b
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsMusical Instruments
ClassificationsMusical instruments – Membranophones
InscriptionsIn gold on shell: [two groups of seven Chineses characters];
ProvenanceFrancis W. Galpin (1858-1945), Hatfield Regis, England; 1916, sold by Francis W. Galpin to William Lindsey (1858-1922), Boston, Massachusetts; 1916, gift of William Lindsey, in memory of his daughter, Leslie Lindsey Mason, to the MFA. (Accession Date: October 5, 1916)