MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS
Object Name
Harp
Maker
McFall, James (Primary maker)
McFall, James (maker)
McFall, James (maker)
Date Made
1948 circa
1948 circa
1948 circa
Description
Wooden, Modern. Stained dark brown. The sound box which is made of wooden strips glued together has 3 long slots at the back, and on the front light brown panels marked with poker work in a `Celtic' design which is gilded. 2 metal spikes on the bottom serve as feet. The forepillar is carved and decorated with a `Celtic' design. The neck has a row of 28 pins and a row of brass tension screws which do not go through the wood. Carved on the neck in Gaelic script `IS LE RISTEARD HEIBHEART ME SEAMUS MAC PHAIL A RINNE ME' (RICHARD HAYWARD OWNS ME, JAMES MC FALL MADE ME). c. 1948. colour : dark brown.
Materials
wood
Catalogue Number
BELUM.O45.1951
Copyright
National Museums NI