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Object Name: Harp
Maker: McFall, James (Primary maker)
McFall, James (maker)
Date Made: 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
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