Concertina: Museum Object and Cultural History
Concertina: date made: 1850 - 1885. Object Name: concertina. Physical Description: wood (overall material).
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This concertina was made by an unknown maker, provenance unknown, around 1850-1885. It is hexagonal-shaped, with 10 buttons on one side and 11 on the other (3 buttons are presently missing).
Materials, dates and provenance
- date made: 1850 - 1885
- Object Name: concertina
- Physical Description: wood (overall material)
- Physical Description: paper (overall material)
- Physical Description: leather (overall material)
- Measurements: overall: 6 3/4 in x 8 1/4 in x 7 3/16 in; 17.145 cm x 20.955 cm x 18.25625 cm
- ID Number: MI.219565.15
- accession number: 219565
- catalog number: 219565.15
- Credit Line: Gift of Elizabeth W. and Helen R. Newcombe
- Data Source: National Museum of American History
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