Mandolin
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: This mandolin has an unknown maker, location, and date of manufacture. It is painted black with a gold design on the front. The design features a man playing a mandolin under the moon to a woman on the balcony of a castle. It reads "BREVETTATO" under the image. The instrument has 8 strings with metal mechanical turning pegs that are decorated with what could possibly be ivory. Based on its construction, it appears to be made for commercial trade and was possibly only a decorative instrument.
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
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Mary E. Maxwell
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MI.381916
label: accession number
content: 160028
label: catalog number
content: 381916
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Mandolin
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: ivory? (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 1 3/4 in x 23 in x 9 in; 4.445 cm x 58.42 cm x 22.86 cm