Artifact Number:
 1977.177.002

Object:
INSTRUMENT, STRING
Guitar

Material:
 Plant (wood, niu), ivory, metal

Dimensions:
 95.5 x 50 x 10 cm

Origin:
 Oahu, Hawaii, Polynesia

Comments:
 Guitar made from Tahitiam coconuts in 1932 as a prototype, but never mass produced. Sounding box made from five coconut shells glued to a flat wood top. No strings. Belonged to Anthony G. Cox born Lahaina, Maui in 1900.



Collection Name: 

© Bishop Museum. All Rights Reserved.
All media are for the personal use of students, scholars and the public. Any commercial use or publication of them is strictly prohibited.

BERNICE PAUAHI BISHOP MUSEUM
The State Museum of Natural and Cultural History
1525 Bernice Street
Honolulu Hawai`i 96817-2704 USA