Mandolin, Orville Wright

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Object Details

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.

Credit Line

Lent by San Diego Air & Space Museum

Inventory Number

I20031229001

Restrictions & Rights

Usage conditions apply

Type

MEMORABILIA-People

Materials

Wood (various), metal (various), paper, plastic, mother-of-pearl

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.)

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Location

National Air and Space Museum in Washington, DC

Exhibition

Wright Brothers & The Invention of the Aerial Age

Data Source

National Air and Space Museum

Metadata Usage

Not determined

Link to Original Record

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nv921ea0a97-3df6-42e6-aa74-4d39589597ab

Record ID

nasm_I20031229001