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Folk violin

about 1924
Object PlaceEastville, Pennsylvania, United States
Medium/TechniqueMahogany, maple, bone, mother-of-pearl
DimensionsOverall: 66 × 24.8 × 5.1 cm (26 × 9 3/4 × 2 in.)
Credit LineHelen and Alice Colburn Fund
Accession number2017.95
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsMusical instruments
ProvenanceBefore 2017, purchased by Steve Uhrik, Brooklyn, New York; 2017, sold by Uhrik to the MFA. (Accession date: March 1, 2017)
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