Audio slide show: Stolen strings
Recovering the 200-year-old violin, stolen from the Mission San Antonio, is a matter of Salinan Indian pride.
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The instrument, crafted by Jose Maria Carabajal in 1798 from bay laurel and other native woods, was solid enough to last more than two centuries and sweet enough to build a reputation of its own. Now it's gone stolen from an unlocked display case at the mission's tiny museum seven years ago.
