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Hardanger fiddle, Helland Brothers, Cameron, Wisconsin, 1906

This fiddle bears the label of the Helland Brothers of Cameron, Barron County, Wisconsin. Knut Helland (ca. 1880-1920) and Gunnar Helland (1889-1976) were part of the third generation of the noted Helland/Steintjønndalen family of Hardanger fiddlemakers in Bø, Telemark, Norway. The brothers came to the Chippewa Falls area in the early twentieth century and established a violin workshop.

 

This object is the property of the Vesterheim Norwegian-American Museum, Decorah, Iowa. The image is part of the Wisconsin Decorative Arts Database, a digital archive of Wisconsin objects. For more information, see content.wisconsinhistory.org/u?/wda,2053

 

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