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Automatic harmonica (Rolmonica)

(American, about 1925–?)
about 1930–40
Object PlaceBaltimore, Maryland, United States
Medium/TechniqueBakelite plastic
DimensionsLength 10 cm, width 9 cm, thickness 4 cm (Length 3 15/16 in., width 3 9/16 in., thickness 1 9/16 in.)
Credit LineHelen and Alice Colburn Fund
Accession number1984.311.1-6
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsMusical instruments
Provenance1984, sold by Douglas Deihl, Northampton, Massachusetts, to the MFA. (Accession Date: June 13, 1984)
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