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American bass viol
American bass viol

American bass viol

1800–25
Object PlaceUnited States
Medium/TechniquePine, walnut
DimensionsLength 134 cm, width 50.2 cm (Length 52 3/4 in., width 19 3/4 in.)
Credit LineSamuel Putnam Avery Fund
Accession number1982.475
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsMusical instruments
InscriptionsManuscript label: [illegible] March 10, 1831 / Repaird by [J S Gelland (?)]Provenance1982, sold by Harold Priest, Harvard, Massachusetts, to the MFA. (Accession Date: October 13, 1982)
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