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A red-painted pine Aeolin (wind) harp of long, narrow, rectangular box form. There are air holes to one side and 4 pegs to each end for nylon strings. the top is carved with round and scroll vents.
aeolian harps
carving (processes)
nylon
painting (coating)
pine (wood)
Pine
Nylon
Painted
Carved
Harp
Original to Cogswell's Grant (Essex, Mass.),
Unknown
3.75 x 31.75 x 6.5 (HxWxD) (inches)
Gift of Bertram K. and Nina Fletcher Little
1991.928
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