Artifact Number:
 1989.252.001

Object:
INSTRUMENT, STRING
Ukulele

Material:
 Plant (koa), metal

Dimensions:
 51 x 15 x 5.5 cm

Origin:
 Oahu, Hawaii, Polynesia

Comments:
 Ukulele of koa, made in Hawaii. Gifted to donor ca. 1911-12. With cardboard case (1989.252.002), 8 loose tuning pegs (1989.252.003), and instruction booklet from Sherman Clay & Co., a Hawaiian music publishing company in San Francisco.



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