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Fife
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Fife

about 1800
Object PlaceUnited States
Medium/TechniqueMaple, brass, ivory, tin
DimensionsLength 41.6 cm (16 3/8 in.)
Credit LineThe Emily L. Ainsley Fund
Accession number1981.316
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsMusical instruments
ProvenanceBy 1981, sold by source unidentified at a flea market to Stanley A. Olpp, North Andover, Massachusetts; 1981, sold by Olpp to the MFA. (Accession Date: September 16, 1981)
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