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Crwth
Crwth
Alternate name:Bowed lyre
Maker: Clifford A. Hoing
Date: 1941
Place Made:High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, England, Europe
Model: none
Serial No: none
SignedMade By / Clifford A. Hoing. / High Wycombe / Bucks, Eng. 1941
Markingsnone
DescriptionSpruce top
Maple back and sides carved from one piece
Maple fingerboard and tailpiece
Bone nut and saddle
Double incised line decoration around edges
Brown stain finish
Maple back and sides carved from one piece
Maple fingerboard and tailpiece
Bone nut and saddle
Double incised line decoration around edges
Brown stain finish
ProvenanceArne B. Larson Collection, Vermillion, South Dakota, 1979.
Terms
Credit Line: Arne B. Larson Collection, 1979
Not on view
Published References"Musical Country Cousins. A Look at some rare folk instruments." _Selmer Bandwagon, no. 58 (1969), p.13
Object number: 01265