Artifact Number:
 1978.358

Object:
INSTRUMENT, STRING
Ukulele

Material:
 Plant (koa), shell (pearl), ivory, nylon

Dimensions:
 53 x 15.2 x 5.9 cm

Origin:
 Oahu, Hawaii, Polynesia

Comments:
 Ukulele of koa with ivory pegs; 7 rows of inlay around sound hole, decal on peg board reading "M. Nunes/ inventor/ 1879/ Ua mau ke ea o ka aina i ka pono/ Hawaii". Made by M. Nunes & sons.



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