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Banjo

(1870–1957)
1894
Object PlacePrinceton, Illinois
Medium/TechniqueNickel silver, beech, mahogany, holly, ivory, plastic
DimensionsLength: 91.4 cm (36 in.)
Credit LineMuseum purchase with funds by exchange from the Edwin M. Ripin Collection—Museum purchase with funds donated by Friends of the Collection, Gift of Leo L. and Phyllis K. Beranek, and funds donated by Terrence and Cynthia DuPont Tobias
Accession number2017.4015
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsMusical instruments
Provenance2004, sold by Tom James (antique dealer ) to Jim Bollman, Arlington, MA; 2017, sold by Bollman to the MFA . (Accession Date: October 11, 2017)
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