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Violin and case
Folk violin and case
Violin and case

Folk violin and case

C. W. Raborn (American)
1936
Object PlaceProbably Florida, United States
Medium/TechniqueCherry
DimensionsOverall: 61 cm (24 in.)

Credit LineArthur Tracy Cabot Fund
Accession number2010.613.1-2
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsMusical instruments
ProvenanceBefore 1960, possibly acquired in Florida by an unknown collector, New York; by the 1960s, sold by this collector to Peter Allison, Wilmington, Delaware; by descent to his son, Jay Allison, Falmouth, Massachusetts; August 4, 2010, Eldred's Auction Gallery, East Dennis, Massachusetts, lot 275, to the MFA. (Accession Date: September 22, 2010)
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