Artifact Number:
 1986.479

Object:
INSTRUMENT, STRING
Ukulele

Material:
 Plant (wood), metal, plastic, nylon

Dimensions:
 52.5 x 1635 x 6.2 cm

Origin:
 Oahu, Hawaii, Polynesia

Comments:
 Ukulele of koa purchased in 1927 at Royal Hawaiian Hotel with label reading "The Waikiki Ukulele / Paul F. Summers, Honolulu." Ukulele was a gift from Harriet H. Wheeler to daughter Mary Elizabeth Carey. With a design transfer of Hawaiian coat of arms at the head.



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