Museum of Fine Arts, Boston: The Museum Year 2011

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Musical Instruments: July 2009–June 2011


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Folk violin and case

1936
C. W. Raborn
Overall: 61 cm (24 in.)
Cherry

Classification: Musical instruments

Object Place: Probably Florida, United States

Accession number: 2010.613.1-2

Provenance/Ownership History: Before 1960, possibly acquired in Florida by an unknown collector, New York; by the 1960s, sold by this collector to Peter Allison, Wilmington, Delaware; by descent to his son, Jay Allison, Falmouth, Massachusetts; August 4, 2010, Eldred's Auction Gallery, East Dennis, Massachusetts, lot 275, to the MFA. (Accession Date: September 22, 2010)

Arthur Tracy Cabot Fund