Chitarra Battente Guitar
date: label: Date made
content: 1775 - 1799
notes: label: Description
content: This chitarra battente was made by an unknown maker in southern Italy around 1775-1799. It is a five course (5x2) guitar with a spruce top, arched walnut back and sides.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: Italy
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content: Culture and the Arts: Musical Instruments
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content: Music & Musical Instruments
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content: Guitars
publisher: label: Related Publication
content: Densmore, Frances. Handbook of the Collection of Musical Instruments in the United States National Museum.
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MI.095262
label: accession number
content: 26256
label: catalog number
content: 95262
objectType: label: Object Name
content: guitar
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: mother of pearl (inlay material)
label: Physical Description
content: shell, tortoise (inlay material)
label: Physical Description
content: ivory (inlay material)
label: Physical Description
content: steel (strings material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 36 1/4 in x 11 5/8 in x 7 5/8 in; 92.075 cm x 29.5275 cm x 19.3675 cm