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1889.43.2.1

Wood fiddle. The corresponding bow is numbered 1889.43.2 .2 [RR 23/1/2020]

1889.43.2.1

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Collection type
Object
Description
Wood fiddle. The corresponding bow is numbered 1889.43.2 .2 [RR 23/1/2020]
Person
Field collector Arthur Henry Finn
PRM source Arthur Henry Finn
PRM source Elizabeth Anne Finn
PRM source Mary Anne Finn
Date / Period
Date made: Before 1889
Date collected
By 1889
Acquisition information
Purchased: 07/1889
Materials and processes
Material Wood Plant, Material String, Material Horse Hair Animal, Process Carpentered, Process Knotted
Dimensions
Width: max 220 mm, Length: max 770 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 1889.43.2.1
Research and responses

Mrs Finn must be his wife Mary Anne Finn or his mother Elizabeth Anne Finn, see biographies [AP 24/04/2014]

THE HARMONICON, VOL. IV, PART I, FRONTISPIECE, fig 3. Obtained by the Rev. A.H. Finn, and purchased from him in July 1889.

Search terms: Music, Musical Instrument, Bow, Bowed Lute

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