Carlo Robelli-brand hollow body electric guitar used by Pete Cosey
date: label: Date
content: 1970s
name: label: Manufactured by
content: Peerless Guitars Co., founded 1970
label: Used by
content: Pete Cosey, American, 1943 - 2012
label: Subject of
content: Carlos Robelli
notes: label: Description
content: A black Carlo Robelli-brand jazz archtop hollow body 6-string electric guitar used by Pete Cosey. Guitar has f-holes on either side of the bridge. Four clear unlabeled pickup control knobs located off lower f-hole are numerically graduated. Bridge, pickups, and tuners are gold-tone metal. Frets are silver-tone metal; neck of guitar has decorative nacreous material between frets. On body of guitar above where neck meets body is a pickup selector switch labeled [RHYTHM / TREBLE]. Beneath strings and pickups is a black floating pickguard. Front of headstock has [Carlo Robelli] and decorative motif inlaid in nacreous material. Back of headstock has black and gold sticker that reads [MADE IN KOREA].
place: label: Place made
content: Busan, South Korea, Asia
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Blues (Music)
label: Topic
content: Instrumentalists (Musicians)
label: Topic
content: Jazz (Music)
label: Topic
content: Music
label: Topic
content: Musicians
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content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Musical Instruments
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Karumah, Dunni, Ishmak, Aribania and Mariama Cosey in memory of Baba Pete Cosey
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2021.105.2.1
objectType: label: Type
content: guitars
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Unknown - Restrictions Possible
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Rights assessment and proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: wood and metal
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D: 40 3/4 × 16 15/16 × 5 1/2 in. (103.5 × 43 × 14 cm)