Object Details
- Donor Name
- Mary Anne Najjar
- Gibson 5-string electric steel guitar with case. Narrow, solid wood body with heavy varnish. Front is medium brown wood, back is darker brown, and the head and neck are black. Frets painted onto the neck. Steel strings and pegs. Pegs have plastic knobs over them (the plastic is covered in a powdery, crystalline efflorescence). Large bridge cover made of a layer of clear plastic over a brass-colored metallic backing. 2 knobs. On the side, near the bottom, is a hole, partly covered with a broken piece of plastic, with about a centimeter of electrical cord coming out from the guitar.
- Record Last Modified
- 14 Jul 2023
- Specimen Count
- 2
- Culture
- Hawaiian (Kanaka ʻŌiwi, Kanaka Maoli)
- American
- Accession Date
- 19 Jan 2005
- Collection Date
- 1940 to 1949
- Accession Number
- 2033762
- USNM Number
- E432618-0
- Object Type
- Guitar / Case
- Length - Guitar
- 81.5 cm
- Width - Guitar
- 21 cm
- Height - Guitar
- 6.5 cm
- Length - Case
- 85 cm
- Width - Case
- 23 cm
- Height - Case
- 9.5 cm
- Place
- Hawaii (Hawaiʻi), United States, Polynesia
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- Anthropology
- NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
- Topic
- Ethnology
- Record ID
- nmnhanthropology_10061612
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3cff390f9-92c8-4e3f-8c56-2bff00ea9826
