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Xylophone mallets, slim wood stick inserted into pear shaped cork head
Xylophone mallets, slim wood stick inserted into pear shaped cork head
Object Number 99-12-60/53311.1
Display Title Xylophone mallets, slim wood stick inserted into pear shaped cork head
Descriptions
Object Description Xylophone mallets, slim wood stick inserted into pear shaped cork head
Inventory Description Xylophone mallets, slim wood stick inserted into pear shaped cork head
Classification
  • Percussion
Department Ethnographic
Date before 1899
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Asia / China
Materials Wood, Cork, Resin, Stain
Dimensions Overall: 27 x 4.3 x 4.3 cm (10 5/8 x 1 11/16 x 1 11/16 in.)
Quantity 2
Label on object 53311
Credit Line Gift of the Heirs of David Kimball, 1899
Provenance
Provenance Boston Museum
Donor David P. Kimball
Donor L. Cushing Kimball
Donor Augusta K. Horton

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