Bancroft Viola
Bancroft Viola
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- Description (Brief)
- Iris Bancroft was sixteen when she made a plywood viola during a WPA program in her hometown of Chicago. She played the viola throughout her adult life
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- viola
- date made
- 1938
- maker
- Bancroft, Iris Nelson
- place made
- United States: Illinois, Chicago
- Physical Description
- wood (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 27 in x 9 1/4 in x 3 1/2 in; 68.58 cm x 23.495 cm x 8.89 cm
- ID Number
- 2010.0039.01
- accession number
- 2010.0039
- catalog number
- 2010.0039.01
- Credit Line
- Gift of Iris Nelson Bancroft
- subject
- Works Project Administration (WPA)
- See more items in
- Cultural and Community Life: Musical Instruments
- Music & Musical Instruments
- 1939 exhibit
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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