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Artifact Number:
 1977.177.003

Object:
INSTRUMENT, STRING
Violin

Material:
 Plant (wood, coconut), metal

Dimensions:
 65.5 x 17.4 x 11 cm

Origin:
 Oahu, Hawaii, Polynesia

Comments:
 Violin made from Tahitian coconuts in 1932 as prototype, never mass produced. Sounding box made from three coconut shells. No strings, no bow or chinrest. Belonged to Anthony G. Cox born Lahaina, Maui in 1900.



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