Cavaco
Object type: Cavaco
Department: Musical Instruments
Culture: Italian
Artist: Benedito Qualzatta
Artist bio: Italian, 18th century
Artist role: Maker
Artist nationality: Italian
Date: 1716
Medium: Gourd, ivory, wood, mother-of-pearl, tortoise shell
Dimensions: L. 54.6 cm (21-1/2 in.); W. 14 cm (5-1/2 in.)
Classification: Chordophone-Lute-plucked-fretted
Geography:     Italy  
Credit line: Gift of Joseph W. Drexel, 1889
Accession year: 1889