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This object is on display in Wright Brothers & The Invention of the Aerial Age at the National Air and Space Museum in Washington, DC.

Wright Brothers & The Invention of the Aerial Age

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

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