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Title: Bass Viol
Maker:
Attributed to Abraham Prescott (American, Deerfield, New Hampshire 1789–1858 Concord, New Hampshire)
Date: ca. 1820
Geography: Deerfield, New Hampshire, United States
Culture: American
Medium: Wood
Dimensions: Total L. 200 cm (78-3/4 in.); Body L. 120.6 cm (47-7/16 in.); String L. 109.6 cm (43-3/16 in.); Upper bouts 52.7 cm (20-3/4 in.); Center bouts 28 cm (11-1/16 in.); Lower bouts 72.9 cm (28-11/16 in.)
Classification: Chordophone-Lute-bowed-unfretted
Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1980
Accession Number: 1980.492
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