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Balalaika
Balalaika, of wood stained black, belly of light brown wood, one corner overlaid with black wood, inlaid white dots (bone or plastic?), three strings, black plastic pegs. Back decorated with a picture of a horseman.
- Date:
20th century - Maker:
Lunacharsky Folk Music Instrument Factory - Collection:
Bate Collection, Oxford - Inventory number:
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Russia, St Petersburg (Leningrad)
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- Materials:Wood;Plant;Metal;Plastic;Synthetic;Bone?
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- Inscriptions:RSFSR LENINGRADSKIJ SOVIET NARODNOGO CHOSAISTVA FABRIKA MUSIKALNI INSTRUMENTOV [picture of pegbox] IM. LUNACHARSKOGO [label inside cyrillic letters] P-636 [label inside -P could be cyrillic R] Made in USSR [label inside] Fabrika im LUNACHARSKOGO Leningrad [plaque on pegbox]
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- Repository:Bate Collection, Oxford
- Measurements:Max L = 660 mm Max W = 421 mm