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Lap steel guitar (BD model)

Electro String Instrument Corporation (Rickenbacker brand) (American)
about 1950
Object PlaceLos Angeles, California, United States
Medium/TechniqueBakelite, steel
DimensionsOverall: 24.1 x 5.1 x 73.7 cm (9 1/2 x 2 x 29 in.)
Credit LineErnest Kahn Fund
Accession number2007.783
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsMusical instruments
Provenance2006, Gerald Montei of Caro, Michigan; 2007, with Elderly Instruments in Lansing, Michigan; sold by Elderly Instruments to the MFA. (Accession Date: October 24, 2007).
CopyrightReproduced with permission.
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