College Band Harmonica Box: Museum Object and Cultural History
College Band Harmonica Box: Object Name: box. Physical Description: paper (overall material). Physical Description: ink (overall material).
The object in the museum catalogue
This harmonica box was made by an unknown maker in Czechoslovakia, undetermined date. It is a box for a College Band model harmonica. It is made of blue, brown, and silver paper. The box is marked:
COLLEGE BAND HARMONICA 20 REEDS GENUINE BRASS PLATE MADE IN CZECHOSLOVAKIA
Materials, dates and provenance
- Object Name: box
- Physical Description: paper (overall material)
- Physical Description: ink (overall material)
- Measurements: overall: 15/16 in x 4 1/4 in x 1 3/8 in; 2.38125 cm x 10.795 cm x 3.4925 cm
- place made: Czechoslovakia
- ID Number: 1988.0783.627
- catalog number: 1988.0783.627
- accession number: 1988.0783
- Credit Line: The Peter Kassan Collection
- Data Source: National Museum of American History
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