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Artifact Number:
 1984.157.002a

Object:
INSTRUMENT, STRING
Ukulele

Material:
 Plant (wood), nylon, skin (leather), textile

Dimensions:
 59 x 18.5 x 6.0 cm

Origin:
 Oahu, Hawaii, Polynesia

Comments:
 Ukulele with three concentric gold circles around sound hole. Made by M. Nunes & Sons. With case. Thought to have been collected by donor's mother, Carrie Short Haines, ca. 1910.



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