Mandolin
notes: label: Description
content: <p>This mandolin-like instrument was made by an unknown maker, provenance and date undetermined. This instrument, listed in the accession file as a tamboura, was acquired from the collection of Leopoldo Franciolini in 1892 and it is subject to study.</p>
label: Description
content: <p>Leopoldo Franciolini (1844–1920) was an Italian antique dealer who flourished in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. He is remembered as a fraudster who sold faked and altered historical musical instruments.</p>
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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content: Culture and the Arts: Musical Instruments
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content: Music & Musical Instruments
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MI.095312
label: accession number
content: 26256
label: catalog number
content: 95312
objectType: label: Object Name
content: mandolin
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: gourd (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 2 1/2 in x 19 in x 7 1/8 in; 6.35 cm x 48.26 cm x 18.0975 cm