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Double-neck lap steel guitar (Grand Console model)

about 1952
Object PlaceChicago, Illinois, United States
Medium/TechniqueMaple, plastic
DimensionsOverall: 81.3 x 33 x 3.8 cm (32 x 13 x 1 1/2 in.)
Case: 85 x 36 x 6 cm (33 7/16 x 14 3/16 x 2 3/8 in.)
Credit LineHarriet Otis Cruft Fund
Accession number2014.1987
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Not on view
ClassificationsMusical instruments
InscriptionsSerial # X46543
Provenance2014, sold by Heritage Auctions, Dallas, to the MFA. (Accession Date: December 10, 2014)
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