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Bowed zither ("Alexander violin")
Invented by: Sylvanus J. Talbott (American)
about 1890
Object Place: Milford, New Hampshire, United States
Medium/Technique
Pine, maple, ebony
Credit Line
Museum purchase with funds by exchange from the Edwin M. Ripin Collection—Friends of the Collection Fund
Accession Number2012.37
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAmericas, Musical Instruments
ClassificationsMusical instruments – Chordophones
ProvenanceAcquired at a flea market by Sidney Glickman, Riverdale, New York; April 2010, sold by Glickman to Tony Bingham, London; 2011, sold by Bingham to the MFA. (Accession Date: February 29, 2012)