Display Status
This object is on display in Wright Brothers & The Invention of the Aerial Age at the National Air and Space Museum in Washington, DC.
Object Details
Type
MEMORABILIA-People
Owner
San Diego Air & Space Museum
Manufacturer
Washburn
Physical Description
Wooden ribbed bowl-back mandolin. Light colored wood body with darker wood in bowl and very dark wood neck and headstock. Faux tortiseshell inlay below the oval sound hole. The 8 tuning pegs are plastic, likely celluloid, as are white strips in ribbed bowl. Mother-of-pearl fingering marks of different designs. One round, one oval paper manufacturer's labels adhered to interior of bowl, visible through sound hole. Strung with four pairs of metal strings.
Dimensions
3-D (661g): 58.7 × 19.4 × 14cm, 0.7kg (1 ft. 11 1/8 in. × 7 5/8 in. × 5 1/2 in., 1.5lb.)
Materials
Wood (various), metal (various), paper, plastic, mother-of-pearl
Inventory Number
I20031229001
Credit Line
Lent by San Diego Air & Space Museum
Data Source
National Air and Space Museum
Restrictions & Rights
Usage conditions apply
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