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Bowed lyre (jouhikko) and bow
Bowed lyre (jouhikko) and bow

Bowed lyre (jouhikko) and bow

Dick Backlund (Finnish, active mid-20th century)
1949
Object PlaceHelsinki, Finland
Medium/TechniqueBirch, spruce
DimensionsLength 64.8 cm, width 14.4 cm (Length 25 1/2 in., width 5 11/16 in.)
Credit LineWilliam Lindsey Fund
Accession number1982.8a-b
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsMusical instruments
InscriptionsPrinted label: Dick Bäcklund. / Helsingfors / 1949Provenance1982, accessioned as source unidentified to the MFA. (Accession Date: January 13, 1982)
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