Artifact Number:
1989.316
Object:
INSTRUMENT, STRING
Guitar
Material:
Plant (wood), plastic, shell (pearl)
Dimensions:
66 x 20.5 x 6 cm
Origin:
Oahu, Hawaii, Polynesia
Comments:
Five string guitar, made by Augusto Diaz in his shop at #38 King St. Guitar later taken as a souvenir to California ca. 1889-90 by Miss Margaret Hunt, grandmother of donor. Hunt lived in Hawaii for one year and worked as governess for a prominent Hawaii family.
Collection Name:
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