Mandolin
Object type: Mandolin
Department: Musical Instruments
Culture: American
Artist: Orville Gibson
Artist bio: American, 1856–1918
Artist role: Maker
Artist nationality: American
Date: 1898
Medium: Walnut, spruce, ebony, pearl, tortoiseshell, bone
Dimensions: 26 1/4 × 11 × 3 1/4 in. (66.7 × 27.9 × 8.3 cm)
Classification: Chordophone-Lute-plucked-fretted
Geography:  Kalamazoo  Michigan United States  
Credit line: Purchase, The Jonathan & Faye Kellerman Foundation Gift, 2015
Accession year: 2015