Bancroft Viola
date: label: date made
content: 1938
name: label: maker
content: Bancroft, Iris Nelson
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: 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
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Illinois, Chicago
topic: label: referenced
content: Works Project Administration (WPA)
setName: label: See more items in
content: Culture and the Arts: Musical Instruments
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content: Music & Musical Instruments
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content: 1939 exhibit
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Iris Nelson Bancroft
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2010.0039.01
label: accession number
content: 2010.0039
label: catalog number
content: 2010.0039.01
objectType: label: Object Name
content: viola
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 27 in x 9 1/4 in x 3 1/2 in; 68.58 cm x 23.495 cm x 8.89 cm