Lobster Claw Harmonica
date: label: date made
content: 1976
name: label: maker
content: Nancy Sales Co.
notes: label: Description
content: <p>This harmonica was made by Nanco in Hong Kong, 1976. It is a Lobster Claw model, with 11 single holes and undetermined number of reeds. This harmonica is made of red plastic in the shape of a lobster claw. Accessioned with original packaging.</p>
label: Description
content: <p>Nanco-Nancy Sales Co., Inc. was founded in 1937, in Boston Massachusetts. Nanco-Nancy Sales Co., Inc. supplies licensed plush products to amusement parks, carnival and fair game operators, family entertainment centers, and arcades. The company also offers gifts and souvenir products, such as custom-imprinted souvenirs, in-house short run imprint items, zoo and aquarium novelty products, gift and plush products, nautical-themed gift items, and trendy novelty and prize merchandise. In addition, it provides animals, outfits, and accessories to kiosk operators. The company also leverages alternate distribution channels through domestic and international distributors, as well as crane machine operators.</p>
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: China: Hong Kong
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content: Culture and the Arts: Musical Instruments
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content: Music & Musical Instruments
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content: Popular Entertainment
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content: Harmonicas
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: The Peter Kassan Collection
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1988.0783.461
label: accession number
content: 1988.0783
label: catalog number
content: 1988.0783.461
objectType: label: Object Name
content: harmonica
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: plastic (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: harmonica: 1 5/8 in x 6 3/8 in x 3 1/8 in; 4.1275 cm x 16.1925 cm x 7.9375 cm
label: Measurements
content: bag: 5/8 in x 5 in x 9 3/8 in; 1.5875 cm x 12.7 cm x 23.8125 cm
label: Measurements
content: tag: 15/16 in x 5 13/16 in x 2 3/8 in; 2.38125 cm x 14.76375 cm x 6.0325 cm