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Guitarist with base
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Title: Guitarist with base
Date: 18th century
Culture: Italian, Naples
Medium: Polychromed terracotta head and wooden limbs; body of wire wrapped in tow; cotton and leather garments; guitar of wood inlaid with shell (?)
Dimensions: H. 14 in. (35.6 cm.)
Classification: Crèche
Credit Line: Lent by Mrs. Linn Howard
Accession Number: L.1990.81.60