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Fiddle (crwth)

(Welsh, active 19th century)
19th century
Object PlaceDolgelly, Wales
Medium/TechniqueMaple, spruce
DimensionsLength 57.5 cm, width 24 cm (Length 22 5/8 in., width 9 7/16 in.)
Credit LineLeslie Lindsey Mason Collection
Accession number17.1708
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsMusical instruments
InscriptionsManuscript label: Owain Tudur. Dolgellau. / in gwneuthurwr y / Crwth hwn.
ProvenanceFrancis W. Galpin (1858-1945), Hatfield Regis, England; 1916, sold by Francis W. Galpin to William Lindsey (1858-1922), Boston, Massachusetts; 1916, gift of William Lindsey, in memory of his daughter, Leslie Lindsey Mason, to the MFA. (Accession Date: October 5, 1916)
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