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Object Number
99-12-60/53275
Display Title
Musical instrument
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Sheng, drilled mouthpiece and wind chamber, bone tipped bamboo pipes
Classification
- Woodwind
Department
Ethnographic
Date
before 1899
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Asia
/
China
Materials
Wood, Bamboo, Bone, Pigment
Dimensions
Overall: 6.2 x 10 x 6.7 cm (2 7/16 x 3 15/16 x 2 5/8 in.)
Quantity
18
Label on object
53275; 99-12-60/53275
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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