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Resonator guitar (style O)

1935
Object PlaceLos Angeles, California, United States
Medium/TechniqueBrass, nickel silver, wood
DimensionsLength: 96.5 cm (38 in.)
Credit LineAlice B. Bartlett Fund and funds donated by Davis Noble
Accession number2010.615
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsMusical instruments
Provenance1935, sold by Roger Morse, Brockton, Massachusetts, to his student, Bernice Metta, Norwood, Massachusetts; by 2010, by descent to her son, Bill Metta, Jr., Norwood, Massachusetts; 2010, sold by Metta to the MFA. (Accession Date: September 22, 2010)
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