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Set of medium violin strings owned by Bo Diddley

mid 20th century

Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, United States, North and Central America

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Source catalog description

This description refers to material held by Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. Visual details below describe the original material.

Small plastic package containing four violin strings housed in paper envelopes. The envelopes are pink and white, with pink type. Block of type at top center of envelopes reads, [?Spirocore" / Kunstler- / Seilsaiten].

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Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture — original record ↗

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Catalog reference: 2013.177.1.3

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