Bandura
date: label: date made
content: 19th century
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: <p>This musical instrument was made by an unknown maker in Ukraine, 19th century. The accession file lists this instrument as a pandura. It crudely made from wood, with a metal bridge, and 18 wooden friction pegs.</p>
label: Description (Brief)
content: <p>This instrument was acquired through exchange from the Lubny Museum of Ukraine, in 1896. The Lubny Museum was founded by Katerina Mikolaivna Skarzhynskaya (neé Reiser) and her husband N. G. Skarzhynski in 1874. The couple continued to amass collections through 1881. The Lubny Museum was a private museum with free admission. In 1905 the collections were given to the Poltava Regional Museum.</p>
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: Ukraine
setName: label: See more items in
content: Culture and the Arts: Musical Instruments
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content: Music & Musical Instruments
publisher: label: Related Publication
content: Densmore, Frances. Handbook of the Collection of Musical Instruments in the United States National Museum.
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Exchange from Lubny Museum
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MI.096463
label: accession number
content: 30688
label: catalog number
content: 96463
objectType: label: Object Name
content: bandura
label: Object Type
content: bandouras
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 37 3/8 in x 15 in x 4 in; 94.9325 cm x 38.1 cm x 10.16 cm