Hermosa Lyre Guitar
date: label: Date made
content: 1900 - 1940
name: label: maker
content: Hermosa, Antonio
notes: label: Description
content: This twelve course (12 x1) lyre guitar was made by Antonio Hermosa in Mexico around 1900-1940. The front of the lyre features a line pattern around the edges. A Spanish label inside the instruments reads: "ANTONIO HERMOSA FABRICANTE [/] Privilegio [/] exclusivo conce- [/] dido por el Supremo [/] Gobierno por el per [/] feccionamiento refor- [/] mas y venta del ins- [/] trumento deno- [/] minado Lira [/] MEXICO No 15" which translates to "ANTONIO HERMOSA FABRICATOR (or Maker/Manufacturer) Exclusive privilege granted by the Supreme Government for the refinement (improvement/perfecting) modification (alteration/upgrade/renovation) and sale of the instrument called (dubbed, named, designated, denominated, termed) Lyre. Mexico No. 15".
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: Mexico
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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.381931
label: catalog number
content: 381931
label: accession number
content: 160028
objectType: label: Object Name
content: guitar
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (strings material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 25 in x 17 in x 3 1/4 in; 63.5 cm x 43.18 cm x 8.255 cm