Contrabass balalaika
Date1923, December 30
Place MadeRussia, Europe
Modelnone
Serial No.none
SignedPaper label, ink writing in Russian.MarkingsnoneDescription3 stringsSpruce 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.
Credit LineArne B. Larson Collection, 1979
Object number01272
On View
Not on view
