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Hardanger violin

(Norwegian, active late 1700s to early 1800s)
1800
Object PlaceTelemark, Norway
Medium/TechniqueMaple, spruce, bone, horn
DimensionsLength 59.3 cm, width 19.2 cm (Length 23 3/8 in., width 7 9/16 in.)
Credit LineGift of the New England Conservatory of Music
Accession number2005.210
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsMusical instruments
InscriptionsHandwritten label: Erik Johnsen / Hellund 1800; stamped on bridge: [maker's stamp] / PAMPL.
Provenance2005, gift of the New England Conservatory to the MFA. (Accession Date: April 27, 2005)
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