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Harmonica

(German, active early 20th century)
about 1925
Object PlaceWurtemberg, Germany
Medium/TechniqueWood, metal
DimensionsLength 23.8 cm, width 5 cm, thickness 2.1 cm (Length 9 3/8 in., width 1 15/16 in., thickness 13/16 in.)
Credit LineHelen and Alice Colburn Fund
Accession number1984.310
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsMusical instruments
InscriptionsInscribed on both plates: ALPINA / KOCH-HARMONICA / MADE IN WURTEMBERG
Provenance1984, sold by Douglas Deihl, Northampton, Massachusetts, to the MFA. (Accession Date: June 13, 1984)
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