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Hardanger fiddle

  • Date:
    1872 (made)
  • Maker:
    Helland, K. E.
  • Collection:
    Victoria and Albert Museum
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  • Materials:Planed, sawn and purled sycamore back and soundboard; ebony and mother-of-pearl inlaid neck and tailpiece and edging
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  • Inscriptions:Fabrikirt af Knudt Eriksen Helland 1872 Made by Knudt Eriksen Helland, 1872
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  • Repository:Victoria and Albert Museum
  • Measurements:Length: 64 cm total, Length: 35 cm belly, Depth: 4.2 cm, Width: 20 cm maximum