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Contrabass balalaika
Date: 1923, December 30
Place Made:Russia, Europe
Model: none
Serial No: none
SignedPaper label, ink writing in Russian.
Markingsnone
Description3 strings
Spruce top with ebony binding
6-stave mahogany bowl
Mahogany head and neck
Dark hardwood fingerboard; 15 brass T-frets; triangular bone inlay behind 2rd, 10th, and 14th frets, diamond bone inlay behind 5th and 7th frets; rectangular inlay behind 12th fret
3 machine steel machine head, all on the bass side
Spruce top with ebony binding
6-stave mahogany bowl
Mahogany head and neck
Dark hardwood fingerboard; 15 brass T-frets; triangular bone inlay behind 2rd, 10th, and 14th frets, diamond bone inlay behind 5th and 7th frets; rectangular inlay behind 12th fret
3 machine steel machine head, all on the bass side
ProvenanceArne B. Larson Collection, Vermillion, South Dakota, 1979.
Terms
Credit Line: Arne B. Larson Collection, 1979
Not on view
Object number: 01272