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Lute (charango)
1900–25
Object Place: Peru
Medium/Technique
Armadillo shell, wood
Dimensions
Length 54.9 cm, width 13.1 cm, depth 5.2 cm (Length 21 5/8 in., width 5 3/16 in., depth 2 1/16 in.)
Credit Line
Helen and Alice Colburn Fund
Accession Number1984.405
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CollectionsMusical Instruments
ClassificationsMusical instruments – Chordophones
ProvenanceAbout 1920, collected on a Grace Line steamship cruise in Latin America; before 1984, acquired by Douglas Deihl, Northampton, Massachusetts; 1984, sold by Deihl to the MFA. (Accession Date: June 13, 1984)