American Guitar
date: label: date made
content: 1845 - 1855
notes: label: Description
content: This guitar was made by an unknown maker in the United States around 1845-1855. It is a six course (6x1) guitar with a spruce top, maple sides and back, and a machine head. The back of the guitar is painted with scenes from the popular British nursery rhyme, “This Is the House That Jack Built." The depictions include "The House That Jack Built," "The Maiden All Forlorn," "The Cat That Caught the Rat," "The Rat That Ate the Corn," "Good-Morrow, Sir Priest! Will You Marry Us Two?" "The Dog That Was Tossed," "The Cow With The Crumpled Horn," and "The Man All Tattered and Torn." The guitar has a strap made from ribbon, possibly silk.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States
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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
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Mary E. Maxwell
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MI.381936
label: accession number
content: 160028
label: catalog number
content: 381936
objectType: label: Object Name
content: guitar
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: silk? (strap material)
label: Physical Description
content: maple (back, sides material)
label: Physical Description
content: spruce (belly material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (tuning pins material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 34 1/4 in x 11 3/4 in x 3 1/2 in; 86.995 cm x 29.845 cm x 8.89 cm