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Lap steel guitar (Ultratone model)

(American)
about 1949
Object PlaceKalamazoo, Michigan, United States
Medium/TechniqueMaple, plastic, steel
DimensionsLength 83 cm, width 20.5 cm, depth 4.7 cm (Length 32 11/16 in., width 8 1/16 in., depth 1 7/8 in.)
Credit LineMuseum purchase with funds donated by the Gibson Guitar Corporation
Accession number2001.239
On View
On view
ClassificationsMusical instruments
InscriptionsInscribed on cover plates: Gibson [and] ULTRATONE
ProvenanceAbout 1990, sold by Gruhn Guitars, Nashville, Tennessee, to Walter Carter, Nashville, Tennessee; 2001, sold by Carter to the MFA. (Accession Date: April 25, 2001)
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