Tamboura
notes: label: Description
content: <p>This tamboura was made by an unknown maker, provenance and date undetermined. This instrument, listed in the accession file as a tamboura boulghary, was acquired from the collection of Leopoldo Franciolini in 1892 and it is subject to study.</p>
label: Description
content: <p>Leopoldo Franciolini (1844–1920) was an Italian antique dealer who flourished in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. He is remembered as a fraudster who sold faked and altered historical musical instruments.</p>
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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.
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MI.095244
label: accession number
content: 26256
label: catalog number
content: 095244
objectType: label: Object Name
content: tamboura
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 3 1/2 in x 24 1/4 in x 4 in; 8.89 cm x 61.595 cm x 10.16 cm