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Harmonica owned by Big Mama Thornton
Hohner Musikinstrumente GmbH & Co. KG, German, founded 1857
A brass Hohner Old Standby harmonica owned and played by Big Mama Thornton.
- Date
- ca. 1950
- Type
- harmonicas
- Medium
- brass (alloy) , wood , metal and plastic
- Department
- NMAAHC
- Institution
- National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Object number
- nmaahc_2021.59.1
- Credit
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture